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Int 0029-2024
| * | Amanda Farías | | | Requiring a training program for first responders and an awareness campaign regarding domestic violence-related traumatic brain injuries | Introduction | This bill would require the City to provide training to first responders and service providers about the connection between domestic violence and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Such training would include information relating to the prevalence of TBI among domestic violence survivors, how to identify symptoms of TBI, how to respond to the needs of individuals with TBI, and the long-term health impacts of repeated brain injuries. This bill would also require the department of health and mental hygiene to collaborate with the mayor’s office to end domestic and gender-based violence to conduct an awareness campaign on the connection between domestic violence and traumatic brain injury. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 0029-2024
| * | Amanda Farías | | | Requiring a training program for first responders and an awareness campaign regarding domestic violence-related traumatic brain injuries | Introduction | This bill would require the City to provide training to first responders and service providers about the connection between domestic violence and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Such training would include information relating to the prevalence of TBI among domestic violence survivors, how to identify symptoms of TBI, how to respond to the needs of individuals with TBI, and the long-term health impacts of repeated brain injuries. This bill would also require the department of health and mental hygiene to collaborate with the mayor’s office to end domestic and gender-based violence to conduct an awareness campaign on the connection between domestic violence and traumatic brain injury. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 0628-2024
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | | | Signage regarding patient rights and hospital services for transgender individuals. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to design signs describing the rights of transgender patients, and to make such signs available to hospitals in the City. Such signs would include information on an individual’s right to be referred to by their preferred name, title, gender, and pronoun. This bill would also require DOHMH to coordinate with hospitals to identify the services offered by any such hospitals to meet the specific needs of transgender individuals, including gender-affirming health care, and would require DOHMH to provide guidance encouraging hospitals to post in a conspicuous location a list of any such services offered. DOHMH would also be required to post lists of such services and any updates on its website and on the 311 website. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 0628-2024
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | | | Signage regarding patient rights and hospital services for transgender individuals. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to design signs describing the rights of transgender patients, and to make such signs available to hospitals in the City. Such signs would include information on an individual’s right to be referred to by their preferred name, title, gender, and pronoun. This bill would also require DOHMH to coordinate with hospitals to identify the services offered by any such hospitals to meet the specific needs of transgender individuals, including gender-affirming health care, and would require DOHMH to provide guidance encouraging hospitals to post in a conspicuous location a list of any such services offered. DOHMH would also be required to post lists of such services and any updates on its website and on the 311 website. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 0629-2024
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | | | Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to report on training provided by hospitals regarding medical care for transgender individuals. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene (the “Commissioner”) to report annually on training provided by hospitals to medical staff regarding medical care for transgender individuals, including training on medical needs common to transgender patients, medical and surgical treatment, and treatment and care related to social and medical transitions. The Commissioner would also be required to provide a summary of the information included in any such training provided by a hospital to medical staff relating to the provision of medical care to transgender individuals, including whether such training includes information on culturally sensitive care. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 0629-2024
| * | Public Advocate Jumaane Williams | | | Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to report on training provided by hospitals regarding medical care for transgender individuals. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene (the “Commissioner”) to report annually on training provided by hospitals to medical staff regarding medical care for transgender individuals, including training on medical needs common to transgender patients, medical and surgical treatment, and treatment and care related to social and medical transitions. The Commissioner would also be required to provide a summary of the information included in any such training provided by a hospital to medical staff relating to the provision of medical care to transgender individuals, including whether such training includes information on culturally sensitive care. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 0804-2024
| * | Shaun Abreu | | | Establishing a child care opioid antagonist program | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to create the Child Care Opioid Antagonist Program to help prevent opioid overdoses at child care centers. The program would permit an owner or employee of a child care center to request 1 opioid antagonist kit for every child that is registered at the center, and 1 kit for every owner and employee of the center, at one time, free of charge, for administration to individuals on premises experiencing an opioid overdose. The Commissioner would be required to offer free training and other resources to owners and employees of child care centers on the administration of opioid antagonists. The Commissioner would also be required to report annually to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on the number of opioid antagonist kits provided by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to child care programs and the number of opioid antagonist trainings offered by the Commissioner to child care programs. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 0804-2024
| * | Shaun Abreu | | | Establishing a child care opioid antagonist program | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to create the Child Care Opioid Antagonist Program to help prevent opioid overdoses at child care centers. The program would permit an owner or employee of a child care center to request 1 opioid antagonist kit for every child that is registered at the center, and 1 kit for every owner and employee of the center, at one time, free of charge, for administration to individuals on premises experiencing an opioid overdose. The Commissioner would be required to offer free training and other resources to owners and employees of child care centers on the administration of opioid antagonists. The Commissioner would also be required to report annually to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council on the number of opioid antagonist kits provided by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to child care programs and the number of opioid antagonist trainings offered by the Commissioner to child care programs. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 0895-2024
| * | Julie Menin | | | Requiring schools and child care programs to stock epinephrine auto-injector devices. | Introduction | This bill would require schools and child care programs to stock epinephrine auto-injector devices. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 0895-2024
| * | Julie Menin | | | Requiring schools and child care programs to stock epinephrine auto-injector devices. | Introduction | This bill would require schools and child care programs to stock epinephrine auto-injector devices. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1001-2024
| * | Jennifer Gutiérrez | | | Creating an automated text messaging system to provide participants with important reminders regarding children’s health and development. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish an automated text messaging system to provide participants with text message reminders for important child life deadlines including health checkups and child care and school registration deadlines. The Department would also be required to conduct an outreach campaign to inform the public about the existence of such a program and comply with all laws and regulations related to private identifying information. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1001-2024
| * | Jennifer Gutiérrez | | | Creating an automated text messaging system to provide participants with important reminders regarding children’s health and development. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish an automated text messaging system to provide participants with text message reminders for important child life deadlines including health checkups and child care and school registration deadlines. The Department would also be required to conduct an outreach campaign to inform the public about the existence of such a program and comply with all laws and regulations related to private identifying information. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1041-2024
| * | Pierina Ana Sanchez | | | An outreach campaign to inform parents and legal guardians about their rights in relation to child care. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to conduct an annual outreach campaign to inform parents and legal guardians about their rights regarding their children in child care programs in New York City. The campaign would focus on providing information to parents and legal guardians on how they can make complaints to relevant local and state agencies regarding such programs, their right to unrestricted access to their child and the facility, the notices that such programs must post and display pursuant to law, such as the most recent child performance summary card, and the information that such programs must provide to parents, including upon request. Campaign materials must include information on how to ascertain whether a program has epinephrine auto-injectors or opioid antagonists on site, and whether staff are trained to administer such. The materials must be made available to all child care programs, schools, recreation centers, hospitals, pediatric healthcare providers, and government offices. The bill would also require New York City regulated child care programs to distribute the information from the outreach campaign to each parent or legal guardian upon enrollment. Lastly, the bill would require that all such materials be made available electronically on DOHMH’s child care directory. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1041-2024
| * | Pierina Ana Sanchez | | | An outreach campaign to inform parents and legal guardians about their rights in relation to child care. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to conduct an annual outreach campaign to inform parents and legal guardians about their rights regarding their children in child care programs in New York City. The campaign would focus on providing information to parents and legal guardians on how they can make complaints to relevant local and state agencies regarding such programs, their right to unrestricted access to their child and the facility, the notices that such programs must post and display pursuant to law, such as the most recent child performance summary card, and the information that such programs must provide to parents, including upon request. Campaign materials must include information on how to ascertain whether a program has epinephrine auto-injectors or opioid antagonists on site, and whether staff are trained to administer such. The materials must be made available to all child care programs, schools, recreation centers, hospitals, pediatric healthcare providers, and government offices. The bill would also require New York City regulated child care programs to distribute the information from the outreach campaign to each parent or legal guardian upon enrollment. Lastly, the bill would require that all such materials be made available electronically on DOHMH’s child care directory. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1042-2024
| * | Pierina Ana Sanchez | | | Reporting on training for child care inspectors. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to annually report on training provided to employees of DOHMH who inspect child care programs, including the types of child care-related training they are required to take, how often each training is required or made available to them, the percentage of inspectors who took the required trainings during the relevant reporting period, a description of any additional training topics, including those based on recommendations from inspectors and any other relevant sources, as well as any other information DOHMH deems relevant. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1042-2024
| * | Pierina Ana Sanchez | | | Reporting on training for child care inspectors. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to annually report on training provided to employees of DOHMH who inspect child care programs, including the types of child care-related training they are required to take, how often each training is required or made available to them, the percentage of inspectors who took the required trainings during the relevant reporting period, a description of any additional training topics, including those based on recommendations from inspectors and any other relevant sources, as well as any other information DOHMH deems relevant. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1043-2024
| * | Pierina Ana Sanchez | | | Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to create and implement a public awareness strategy to offer overdose prevention and reversal training to public health sanitarians of the department and to teaching staff of child care programs. | Introduction | This bill would require the department of health and mental hygiene to create and implement a public awareness strategy to offer overdose prevention and reversal training for the general public to public health sanitarians of the department and to teaching staff of child care programs. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1043-2024
| * | Pierina Ana Sanchez | | | Requiring the department of health and mental hygiene to create and implement a public awareness strategy to offer overdose prevention and reversal training to public health sanitarians of the department and to teaching staff of child care programs. | Introduction | This bill would require the department of health and mental hygiene to create and implement a public awareness strategy to offer overdose prevention and reversal training for the general public to public health sanitarians of the department and to teaching staff of child care programs. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1056-2024
| * | Crystal Hudson | | | Training for medical personnel in public schools and reporting on participation in such training. | Introduction | This bill would require physicians and nurses employed by or contracted with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and working in public schools through the Office of School Health (OSH) to complete annual competency training on health concerns related to sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics. This training would be required for DOHMH employees and contractors and be offered to all other medical personnel working in public schools through OSH, including Department of Education employees and contractors. Such training would focus on health concerns for the community, including information related to the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, information related to variations in sex characteristics, health concerns related to gender-affirming health care, and a list of referrals and resources to help medical personnel connect students with such care. This bill would also require reporting on attendance of such training, disaggregated by agency. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1056-2024
| * | Crystal Hudson | | | Training for medical personnel in public schools and reporting on participation in such training. | Introduction | This bill would require physicians and nurses employed by or contracted with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and working in public schools through the Office of School Health (OSH) to complete annual competency training on health concerns related to sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics. This training would be required for DOHMH employees and contractors and be offered to all other medical personnel working in public schools through OSH, including Department of Education employees and contractors. Such training would focus on health concerns for the community, including information related to the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, information related to variations in sex characteristics, health concerns related to gender-affirming health care, and a list of referrals and resources to help medical personnel connect students with such care. This bill would also require reporting on attendance of such training, disaggregated by agency. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1146-2024
| * | Selvena N. Brooks-Powers | | | Expanding the availability of the newborn home visiting program. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a Newborn Home Visiting Program and ensure that such program is available to 75 percent of all Taskforce on Racial Inclusion & Equity identified neighborhoods within 3 years of the effective date of the bill and to be available in 100% of such neighborhoods within 5 years. The bill would also require the Department to submit two progress reports to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council detailing the availability of the program in priority neighborhoods. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1146-2024
| * | Selvena N. Brooks-Powers | | | Expanding the availability of the newborn home visiting program. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a Newborn Home Visiting Program and ensure that such program is available to 75 percent of all Taskforce on Racial Inclusion & Equity identified neighborhoods within 3 years of the effective date of the bill and to be available in 100% of such neighborhoods within 5 years. The bill would also require the Department to submit two progress reports to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council detailing the availability of the program in priority neighborhoods. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1172-2025
| * | Robert F. Holden | | | Pilot program to establish a pet food pantry. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a pet food pantry in at least one location for at least 12 months. It would also require the Commissioner to deliver a report on the impact of the pilot program and feasibility of continuing or expanding the program. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1172-2025
| * | Robert F. Holden | | | Pilot program to establish a pet food pantry. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a pet food pantry in at least one location for at least 12 months. It would also require the Commissioner to deliver a report on the impact of the pilot program and feasibility of continuing or expanding the program. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Int 1284-2025
| * | Jennifer Gutiérrez | | | Education campaign for healthcare providers and the public on opioid use disorder and the use of opioid agonist therapies during and after pregnancy, and the distribution of opioid antagonists at neighborhood health service centers. | Introduction | This bill would require the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to create an education campaign for healthcare providers about opioid use disorder (OUD) and how to safely treat it during and after pregnancy. The campaign must be developed with medical professional organizations, and focus on the benefits of using approved medications (like methadone or buprenorphine) to treat OUD during pregnancy, known as opioid agonist therapy; the dangers of withdrawal for both the pregnant person and the baby; and recommendations from trusted medical organizations and the New York State Department of Health. Additionally, the bill requires the city to offer opioid antagonists (medications like naloxone) for free at neighborhood health service centers. These centers must also provide information about how to use these medications safely and the risks of opioid use during and after pregnancy. | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Int 1284-2025
| * | Jennifer Gutiérrez | | | Education campaign for healthcare providers and the public on opioid use disorder and the use of opioid agonist therapies during and after pregnancy, and the distribution of opioid antagonists at neighborhood health service centers. | Introduction | This bill would require the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to create an education campaign for healthcare providers about opioid use disorder (OUD) and how to safely treat it during and after pregnancy. The campaign must be developed with medical professional organizations, and focus on the benefits of using approved medications (like methadone or buprenorphine) to treat OUD during pregnancy, known as opioid agonist therapy; the dangers of withdrawal for both the pregnant person and the baby; and recommendations from trusted medical organizations and the New York State Department of Health. Additionally, the bill requires the city to offer opioid antagonists (medications like naloxone) for free at neighborhood health service centers. These centers must also provide information about how to use these medications safely and the risks of opioid use during and after pregnancy. | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Res 0055-2024
| * | Diana I. Ayala | | Proposed Res. No. 55-A | Allow the presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises (S.7166/A.645). | Resolution | | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Res 0055-2024
| * | Diana I. Ayala | | | Allow the presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises (S.7166/A.645). | Resolution | | Amendment Proposed by Comm | |
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Res 0055-2024
| * | Diana I. Ayala | | | Allow the presence of epinephrine auto-injector devices on pre-school premises (S.7166/A.645). | Resolution | | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Res 0064-2024
| * | Tiffany Cabán | | Proposed Res. No. 64-A | Enables community health centers to be fully reimbursed for telehealth care services. (S.3359/A.1691) | Resolution | | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Res 0064-2024
| * | Tiffany Cabán | | | Enables community health centers to be fully reimbursed for telehealth care services. (S.3359/A.1691) | Resolution | | Amendment Proposed by Comm | |
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Res 0064-2024
| * | Tiffany Cabán | | | Enables community health centers to be fully reimbursed for telehealth care services. (S.3359/A.1691) | Resolution | | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Res 0116-2024
| * | Crystal Hudson | | | Establish the medical debt relief fund and allow taxpayers to make a donation to such fund on their personal tax returns. | Resolution | | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Res 0116-2024
| * | Crystal Hudson | | | Establish the medical debt relief fund and allow taxpayers to make a donation to such fund on their personal tax returns. | Resolution | | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Res 0290-2024
| * | Lynn C. Schulman | | | Require warning labels on sugar sweetened beverages. | Resolution | | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Res 0290-2024
| * | Lynn C. Schulman | | | Require warning labels on sugar sweetened beverages. | Resolution | | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Res 0294-2024
| * | Althea V. Stevens | | Proposed Res. No. 294-A | Prohibit certain food additives, to prohibit the sale of food containing certain color additives at schools, and to prohibit the use of substances “Generally Recognized as Safe” in food (S.1239A/A.1556A). | Resolution | | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Res 0294-2024
| * | Althea V. Stevens | | | Prohibit certain food additives, to prohibit the sale of food containing certain color additives at schools, and to prohibit the use of substances “Generally Recognized as Safe” in food (S.1239A/A.1556A). | Resolution | | Amendment Proposed by Comm | |
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| * | Althea V. Stevens | | | Prohibit certain food additives, to prohibit the sale of food containing certain color additives at schools, and to prohibit the use of substances “Generally Recognized as Safe” in food (S.1239A/A.1556A). | Resolution | | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Res 0442-2024
| * | Keith Powers | | | U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require chain restaurants to include added sugars information in the nutrition information available to consumers on request. | Resolution | | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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Res 0442-2024
| * | Keith Powers | | | U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require chain restaurants to include added sugars information in the nutrition information available to consumers on request. | Resolution | | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Res 0563-2024
| * | Pierina Ana Sanchez | | Proposed Res. No. 563-A | Tighten regulations, enhance inspections, and provide training and resources to day care providers and parents to ensure the safety of children in child day care homes, programs, and facilities across New York State (A.3899-A and S.6225/A.3899-A). | Resolution | | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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| * | Pierina Ana Sanchez | | | Tighten regulations, enhance inspections, and provide training and resources to day care providers and parents to ensure the safety of children in child day care homes, programs, and facilities across New York State (A.3899-A and S.6225/A.3899-A). | Resolution | | Amendment Proposed by Comm | |
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| * | Pierina Ana Sanchez | | | Tighten regulations, enhance inspections, and provide training and resources to day care providers and parents to ensure the safety of children in child day care homes, programs, and facilities across New York State (A.3899-A and S.6225/A.3899-A). | Resolution | | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Res 0867-2025
| * | Adrienne E. Adams | | | Provide for annual increases of the weekly Temporary Disability Insurance payments from January 1, 2026 through January 1, 2030, so that such payments achieve parity with weekly payments available for those on Paid Family Leave. (S.172/A.84) | Resolution | | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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| * | Adrienne E. Adams | | | Provide for annual increases of the weekly Temporary Disability Insurance payments from January 1, 2026 through January 1, 2030, so that such payments achieve parity with weekly payments available for those on Paid Family Leave. (S.172/A.84) | Resolution | | Laid Over by Committee | |
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Res 0868-2025
| * | Adrienne E. Adams | | | Mandate that Medicaid automatically authorize the coverage of validated blood pressure cuffs and monitors for pregnant and postpartum people and fully reimburse healthcare providers who assist such patients in their usage. | Resolution | | Hearing Held by Committee | |
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| * | Adrienne E. Adams | | | Mandate that Medicaid automatically authorize the coverage of validated blood pressure cuffs and monitors for pregnant and postpartum people and fully reimburse healthcare providers who assist such patients in their usage. | Resolution | | Laid Over by Committee | |
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