Rep. Carmen Arroyo

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District HD-084
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 23

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State (New York)
New York 2009 General Assembly

An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the city university trustees to make courses available for certain persons sixty years of age or over [AB-1737]
This bill will permit the trustees of the City University to allow senior citizens to take courses for credit, on a space-available basis, without charge, at State-operated campuses.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Benedetto Referred To Higher Education on 01/06/2010

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State (New York)
New York 2009 General Assembly

An act to amend the public health law and the executive law, in relation to reporting of abuses of persons receiving care in residential health care facilities; and to repeal paragraph (e) of subdivision 6 of section 2803-d of the public health law relating to the confidentiality of information relating to such abuses [AB-1802]
This bill will facilitate prosecution of individuals who abuse or neglect patients in health care facilities receiving Medicaid funds.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Zebrowski Referred To Aging on 01/06/2010

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State (New York)
New York 2009 General Assembly

An act to amend the public authorities law, the public service law, and the executive law, in relation to reforming the telecommunications sector of the New York economy, by creating a broadband authority, authorizing statewide cable franchises for the purposes of competitive cable service, promoting the wide-spread development of high-capacity broadband internet access, and increasing the availability and quality of services in this key economic development area and ensuring the safety, reliability and affordability of telecommunications services [AB-1875]
This bill makes fundamental reforms in the ever-changing world of telecommunications to guarantee that residents of New York are provided with universal access to telecommunications services at just and reasonable rates, while requiring telecommunications companies to make investments in telecommunications infrastructure and adequate staffing.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Kavanagh Referred To Corporations, Authorities And Commissions on 01/06/2010

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State (New York)
New York 2009 General Assembly

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to providing personal emergency response services as part of home care services, and making an appropriation therefor [AB-2078]
To enable the functionally impaired elderly to maintain their independence in the community and reduce the total cost of providing care.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Felix Ortiz Referred To Health on 01/06/2010

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State (New York)
New York 2009 General Assembly

An act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting distributions from individual retirement accounts and individual retirement annuities from state personal income taxation when such distributions are used to purchase long-term health care insurance [AB-2155]
Allows tax free withdrawals from retirement IRA's and retirement annuities for the purchase of the premiums for long-term care insurance.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Englebright Held For Consideration In Ways And Means on 07/01/2010

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State (New York)
New York 2009 General Assembly

Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act" to require acute care facilities to implement certain direct-care nurse to patient ratios in all nursing units; sets minimum staffing requirements; requires every such facility to submit a documented staffing plan to the department on an annual basis and upon application for an operating certificate; requires acute care facilities to maintain staffing records during all shifts; authorizes nurses to refuse work assignments if the assignment exceeds the nurse's abilities or if minimum staffing is not present; requires public access to documented staffing plans; imposes civil penalties for violations of such provisions; establishes private right of action for nurses discriminated against for refusing any illegal work assignment. [AB-2264]
Authorizes the State Department of Health to require all acute care facilities to comply with regulations that utilizes an assessment tool to determine acuity of patient health needs to establish standards for appropriate staffing ratios of nursing staff.

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Titone Amend And Recommit To Health on 02/11/2010

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State (New York)
New York 2009 General Assembly

An act to amend the labor law, in relation to making technical corrections concerning minimum wage [AB-2269]
This bill increases the minimum wage for State and municipal government employees to be consistent with the minimum wage for employees in the private sector which was enacted in 2004.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Cusick Referred To Labor on 01/06/2010

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State (New York)
New York 2009 General Assembly

Provides that the educational degree program in which a parent is enrolled shall not be a factor for consideration in determining eligibility for children's day care services. [AB-2307]
Provides that the educational degree program in which a parent is enrolled shall not be a factor for consideration in determining eligibility for children's day care services.

Sponsored by: Rep. Ellen Jaffee Reported Referred To Ways And Means on 05/11/2010

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State (New York)
New York 2009 General Assembly

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to making victims of certain dog attacks eligible for awards by the crime victims board [AB-2348]
This bill will make innocent victims of dog attacks eligible to submit claims to the Crime Victims Board for reimbursement of medical bills and other expenses.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Felix Ortiz Enacting Clause Stricken on 05/04/2009

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State (New York)
New York 2009 General Assembly

Enacts the "jury pool fair representation act"; provides for the collection of demographic data for jurors who present for service and for the submission of such data in an annual report to the governor, speaker of the assembly, temporary president of the senate and the chief judge of the court of appeals. [AB-2374]
This bill would require the record- ing of demographic data on jury pools to determine whether jury pools in this state represent a fair cross-section of the community.

Sponsored by: Rep. Ellen Jaffee Signed Chap.112 on 06/15/2010

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