Prohibits medicaid's use of any prior approval or preferred drug list requirement for AIDS, HIV, infection, or hepatitis C. / Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: HEALTH

Creates the felonies of aggravated vehicular assault and vehicular murder, to be Class C and Class B felonies, respectively. / Sponsor: ROBACH Committee: CODES

Includes within the class D felony of forgery in the second degree, the forgery of a certificate of insurance or an insurance identification card; includes within the class C felony of forgery in the first degree, the forgery of 10 or more written instruments. / Sponsor: KLEIN

Establishes the class B felony of promoting a sex offense against a child for producing, directing or promoting any visual or audio representation of the commission of a sex offense against a person under the age of 16 years; establishes the class C felony of possessing a sex offense against a child for knowingly possessing any such representation; designates both such felonies as violent felony offenses. / Sponsor: YOUNG

Establishes the class B felony of promoting a sex offense against a child for producing, directing or promoting any visual or audio representation of the commission of a sex offense against a person under the age of 16 years; establishes the class C felony of possessing a sex offense against a child for knowingly possessing any such representation; designates both such felonies as violent felony offenses. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: CODES

Establishes the class B felony of promoting a sex offense against a child for producing, directing or promoting any visual or audio representation of the commission of a sex offense against a person under the age of 16 years; establishes the class C felony of possessing a sex offense against a child for knowingly possessing any such representation; designates both such felonies as violent felony offenses. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: CODES

Relates to increasing penalties for first degree stalking to a class C felony, second degree stalking to a class D felony, third degree stalking to a class E felony, and fourth degree stalking to a class A misdemeanor. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO

Relates to increasing penalties for first degree stalking to a class C felony, second degree stalking to a class D felony, third degree stalking to a class E felony, and fourth degree stalking to a class A misdemeanor. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO Committee: CODES

Establishes the crime of terrorism recruitment defined as intentionally soliciting another to engage in acts of terrorism, as a class C felony. / Sponsor: MARCELLINO Committee: VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Grants the superintendent of financial services authority to investigate fraudulent activities, such as motor vehicle operators who drive with no insurance coverage, and those who misrepresent their principal place of residence or where their motor vehicle is principally garaged and operated; authorizes the superintendent of financial services to accept reports of suspected fraudulent insurance actions; requires insurance companies and self-insurers to report incidents of insurance fraud to the department of financial services; provides for compensation to law enforcement agencies for the prosecution of insurance fraud; directs the superintendent of state police to establish an insurance fraud reward program to those who report insurance fraud; directs the division of criminal justice services to collect and analyze information on insurance fraud; includes within the class D felony of forgery in the second degree, the forgery of a certificate of insurance or an insurance identification card; includes within the class C felony of forgery in the first degree, the forgery of 10 or more written instruments; includes within the class E felony of insurance fraud in the fourth degree, the operation of a motor vehicle in this state when the vehicle is insured in another state, but it is actually garaged in this state or the owner principally resides in this state; provides for the civil forfeiture of the proceeds of a fraudulent insurance act; requires applicants for motor vehicle registrations and driver's licenses to provide the department of motor vehicles with the address of their principal place of residence; establishes a temporary task force on motor vehicle insurance fraud. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: INSURANCE

Grants the superintendent of financial services authority to investigate fraudulent activities, such as motor vehicle operators who drive with no insurance coverage, and those who misrepresent their principal place of residence or where their motor vehicle is principally garaged and operated; authorizes the superintendent of financial services to accept reports of suspected fraudulent insurance actions; requires insurance companies and self-insurers to report incidents of insurance fraud to the department of financial services; provides for compensation to law enforcement agencies for the prosecution of insurance fraud; directs the superintendent of state police to establish an insurance fraud reward program to those who report insurance fraud; directs the division of criminal justice services to collect and analyze information on insurance fraud; includes within the class D felony of forgery in the second degree, the forgery of a certificate of insurance or an insurance identification card; includes within the class C felony of forgery in the first degree, the forgery of 10 or more written instruments; includes within the class E felony of insurance fraud in the fourth degree, the operation of a motor vehicle in this state when the vehicle is insured in another state, but it is actually garaged in this state or the owner principally resides in this state; provides for the civil forfeiture of the proceeds of a fraudulent insurance act; requires applicants for motor vehicle registrations and driver's licenses to provide the department of motor vehicles with the address of their principal place of residence; establishes a temporary task force on motor vehicle insurance fraud. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: INSURANCE

Increases the penalty for leaving the scene of an accident where personal injury is involved without reporting such incident from a class B to a class A misdemeanor; increases the penalty for leaving the scene of an accident where personal injury resulted in death or serious physical injury from a class E to a class C felony; and increases fines therefor. / Sponsor: SAMPSON

Prohibits certain persons convicted of article six-C of the correction law as serving as a trustee, principal, officer, or member of a board of education of any public school in any BOCES, city, union free, common or central school district or any charter school. / Sponsor: LAVALLE

Prohibits certain persons convicted of article six-C of the correction law as serving as a trustee, principal, officer, or member of a board of education of any public school in any BOCES, city, union free, common or central school district or any charter school. / Sponsor: LAVALLE

Creates the New York jobs tax credit (part A); relates to personal income tax rates and benefit recapture (part B); relates to entire net income base (part C); creates a commission on regulatory reform and economic competitiveness (part D). / Sponsor: ALESI Committee: FINANCE

Establishes the crime of aggravated endangering the welfare of a child as a crime punishable as a class C felony; includes acting in a manner likely to be injurious to the mental, physical or moral welfare of a child and failure to exercise due diligence in the control of a child to prevent a child from being abused. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CODES

Creates the crime of bias related criminal mischief where property is defaced with derogatory references to race, creed, religion, color, sexual orientation or national origin, and denies youthful offender status for such crime; makes such crime a class C felony. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CODES

Provides that banking institutions in New York State may release customer information in the following manner; (a) to the actual customer or authorized agent, or (b) unless a customer affirmatively and in writing prohibits the release, to a subsidiary or affiliate of the banking institution, or, (c) to any other persons or entities if the customer information intended to be released consists only of customer identification, (e.g. name or address of customer) and/or is recorded in public records; defines the term "customer information" to mean account records and any other information constructed from those records relating to the customer's relationship with the institution. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: BANKS

Provides for assault against employees and agents of the department of juvenile justice of the city of New York to be a class C felony; sets forth sentencing; further makes technical corrections relating to assaults on medical or related personnel and firefighters. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee: CODES

Increases the penalties for witness and jury tampering from a class D felony to a class C felony. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: CODES