[{"type":"bill","id":"S379-2011","title":"Relates to a medical assistance information and payment system","summary":"Relates to a medical assistance information and payment system; directs the department of health to issue a request for proposal for the purpose of providing the system within 90 days.","billno":"S379-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"HEALTH"},{"type":"bill","id":"S960-2011","title":"Directs state agencies which apply for federal medical assistance waivers to post information relating thereto on the agency internet website","summary":"Directs state agencies which apply for federal medical assistance waivers to post information relating thereto on the agency internet website.","billno":"S960-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"HEALTH"},{"type":"bill","id":"S961-2011","title":"Directs the department of health to post, on its internet website, the state's medical assistance plan and all amendments thereto","summary":"Directs the department of health to post, on its internet website, the state's medical assistance plan and all amendments thereto; provides that no provision of such plan shall take effect until it is posted on the internet website.","billno":"S961-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"HEALTH"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1207-2011","title":"Prohibits disclosure of testimony of a party to a health care quality assurance or peer review proceeding","summary":"Prohibits the disclosure and discovery of the testimony of a party to a health care quality assurance or peer review proceeding; further adds the failure to cooperate and participate in the quality assurance, reporting, activities, requirements and procedures covered under such discovery to the definition of professional misconduct.","billno":"S1207-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"HEALTH"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1404-2011","title":"Provides for the imposition of an additional determinate sentence of imprisonment for the commission of a felony as part of a street gang","summary":"Provides for the imposition of an additional determinate sentence of imprisonment for the commission of a felony for the benefit of, at the direction of or in association with a street gang; a determinate sentence of between 2 and 5 years shall be served in addition to any other sentence imposed for the conviction of the underlying felony and shall be served consecutively with any other sentence of imprisonment; however, when the underlying felony is a violent felony or a class A felony the determinate sentence shall be 10 years.","billno":"S1404-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"CODES"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1408-2011","title":"Authorizes the immunization against hepatitis B of minors capable of consent who are housed in a local or state correctional facility","summary":"Authorizes the immunization against hepatitis B of minors capable of consent who are housed in a local or state correctional facility.","billno":"S1408-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S1465-2011","title":"Provides nonprofit organizations real property exemption, at local option, for those promptly applying that purchase after municipality's taxable status date","summary":"Grants a real property tax exemption, at the option of the local taxing authority, to nonprofit organizations that purchase real property after the particular municipality's levy of taxes or taxable status date if the organization files an application for exemption with the assessor.","billno":"S1465-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"LOCAL GOVERNMENT"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1465A-2011","title":"Provides nonprofit organizations real property exemption, at local option, for those promptly applying that purchase after municipality's taxable status date","summary":"Grants a real property tax exemption, at the option of the local taxing authority, to nonprofit organizations that purchase real property after the particular municipality's levy of taxes or taxable status date if the organization files an application for exemption with the assessor.","billno":"S1465A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"WAYS AND MEANS"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1920-2011","title":"Allows senior citizens previously approved for the enhanced school tax relief exemption to file a simplified renewal application","summary":"Allows senior citizens previously approved for the enhanced school tax relief exemption, who have elected not to participate in the income verification program, to file a simplified renewal application annually; directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to prepare such simplified, short form for eligible senior citizens.","billno":"S1920-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"REAL PROPERTY TAXATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1921-2011","title":"Authorizes the Hebrew Academy of Nassau county to file an application for a real property tax exemption","summary":"Authorizes the Hebrew Academy of Nassau county in the town of Hempstead to file an application for a real property tax exemption.","billno":"S1921-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S1922-2011","title":"Authorizes a court to order an obligor spouse to purchase or maintain disabilty insurance to ensure continued payment of court ordered support","summary":"Authorizes a court to order an obligor spouse to purchase or maintain disability insurance to ensure continued payment of court ordered support.","billno":"S1922-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"JUDICIARY"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1923-2011","title":"Establishes the advisory committee on public wellness to assist health insurers and employers in establishing wellness programs for insureds and employees","summary":"Establishes the advisory committee on public wellness to assist health insurers and employers in establishing wellness programs for insureds and employees.","billno":"S1923-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"HEALTH"},{"type":"bill","id":"S1924-2011","title":"Eliminates the requirement that persons 65 years of age or older, who are eligible for real property tax exemption, annually reapply for such exemption","summary":"Eliminates the requirement that persons 65 years of age or older, who are eligible for a real property tax exemption, annually reapply for such exemption.","billno":"S1924-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"AGING"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2349-2011","title":"Relates to the use of expert medical testimony and creates the health care courts pilot program; repealer","summary":"Relates to the use of expert medical testimony; creates the health care courts pilot program; creates a new element of professional misconduct for providing expert witness testimony that is without reasonable medical foundation.","billno":"S2349-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"JUDICIARY"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2350-2011","title":"Directs the distribution of health care proxy blank forms and instructions with mailings of driver's license and registration renewals","summary":"Directs the distribution of health care proxy blank forms and instructions with mailings of drivers license and registration renewals; provides for cooperation between motor vehicle and health departments.","billno":"S2350-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"TRANSPORTATION"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2350A-2011","title":"Directs the distribution of health care proxy blank forms and instructions with mailings of driver's license and registration renewals","summary":"Directs the distribution of health care proxy blank forms and instructions with mailings of drivers license and registration renewals; provides for cooperation between motor vehicle and health departments.","billno":"S2350A-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":""},{"type":"bill","id":"S2444-2011","title":"Enacts the New York birth-related neurological impairment compensation act","summary":"Enacts the New York birth-related neurological injury compensation act; provides a program whereby families of infants who are neurologically injured at birth would have an option for compensation other than by suing the physician.","billno":"S2444-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"HEALTH"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2445-2011","title":"Establishes the neurological impairment program governing the compensation of neurologically-impaired persons born in New York on or after January 1, 2012","summary":"Amends the public health law to add a new article in relation to establishing the neurological impairment program providing the exclusive remedy for compensation of neurologically-impaired persons born in New York on or after January 1, 2012.","billno":"S2445-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"HEALTH"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2590-2011","title":"Prohibits a pharmacist from substituting any anti-epileptic drug for a prescribed anti-epileptic drug without the informed consent of the prescriber and patient","summary":"Prohibits a pharmacist from substituting any anti-epileptic drug for the prescribed anti-epileptic drug without notification of and the informed consent of the prescriber and patient or such patient's parent, guardian or spouse.","billno":"S2590-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"HEALTH"},{"type":"bill","id":"S2591-2011","title":"Prohibits the sale of information listed on prescriptions that identifies specific patients or persons legally authorized to issue a prescription","summary":"Requires prescription information to be kept confidential.","billno":"S2591-2011","year":"2011","sponsor":"HANNON","committee":"HEALTH"}]