Sen. Rachel May

Establishes the electric landscaping equipment rebate program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and reduce noise pollution by promoting the adoption of quieter, zero-emission landscaping equipment; provides for rebates at the point of sale for applicants purchasing or leasing certain equipment; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

Enacts the "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act" to require companies selling, offering for sale, or distributing packaging materials and products to register with a packaging reduction organization to develop a packaging reduction and recycling plan.

Provides parity to durable medical equipment providers by requiring Medicaid managed care organizations to reimburse such providers at no less than one hundred percent of the medical assistance durable medical equipment and complex rehabilitation technology fee schedule for the same service or item.

Maddy summaryThis bill simplifies enrollment and recertification processes for Medicaid recipients in New York, particularly those requiring long-term care. It mandates that eligible individuals who have not chosen a managed care plan after 120 days of need be automatically assigned to one based on factors like quality and location. Additionally, the law allows people to confirm their financial resources without submitting new documentation if their situation has not changed, and it establishes automatic recertification for specific groups, such as those receiving fixed Social Security income or Medicare savings. While these changes aim to reduce administrative burdens, recipients must still report significant changes in their income or circumstances, and the bill includes provisions for hearings if eligibility is later denied.

Relates to permits and financial security for reclamation for salt mining beneath a lake; requires such permits to be subject to environmental quality review procedures; requires financial security to cover any damages directly or indirectly resulting from salt mining activities beneath a lake, including, but not limited to, those resulting from collapse or water contamination.

Relates to the automatic identification of elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program enrollees who are eligible for HEAP and automatic enrollment of such eligible enrollees in HEAP.

Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits child care assistance programs from requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage to qualify for support. By removing this earnings threshold, the legislation allows eligible families to receive child care aid regardless of their specific income level. The change applies immediately to parents and caretakers who meet other standard eligibility criteria for assistance.

Maddy summaryThis bill protects libraries in New York by prohibiting restrictive clauses in contracts between publishers and libraries regarding electronic books and audiobooks. It directly affects public, school, academic, and research libraries by ensuring they can license digital materials without limitations on core functions like lending, setting loan periods, or using technological protection measures. The legislation declares contracts containing these prohibited provisions unenforceable and allows libraries or the attorney general to seek legal remedies, including fines, against publishers who violate the rules.

Maddy summaryThis bill requires that medical services offered at school-based health centers be provided directly to eligible students rather than through managed care programs. It mandates that these specific services continue to operate outside of the standard managed care system used for medical assistance recipients. The change ensures that care delivered in schools bypasses the usual managed care structure, though the bill has been substituted by another version and remains under consideration.

Requires manufactured home park owners to provide a written justification for rent increases in excess of three percent of the current rent; provides that increases in costs to justify such rent increase for ordinary maintenance or repair to meet the warranty of habitability obligations must be shown to be necessary.