Prohibits pharmacists from refusing to dispense medication solely for philosophical, moral, or religious reasons. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: HEALTH

Enacts the uniform guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act. /
Sponsor: HANNON Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Legalizes the possession, acquisition, use, delivery, transfer, transport or administration of marihuana by a certified patient or designated caregiver for a certified medical use; prescribes procedures for such possession, acquisition, etc. including certification of patients by their practitioner, and that, in the practitioner's professional judgment, the serious condition should be treated with the medical use of marihuana; provides that possession or acquisition of marihuana shall be lawful under these provisions provided that the marihuana possessed does not exceed a total aggregate weight of two and a half ounces; directs the department of health to monitor such use and promulgate rules and regulations for registry identification cards; provides for reports by the department of health to the governor and legislature on the medical use of marihuana. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: HEALTH

Requires providers of services for the developmentally disabled to perform certain duties relating to the use of surveillance cameras in all public common areas in residential facilities. /
Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Increases medicaid reimbursement payment aggregate for private duty nursing services and care by 15 million dollars for period 7/1/12 to 3/31/13, and by 20 million dollars annually thereafter for each period from April 1 to March 31. /
Sponsor: HASSELL-THOMPSON Committee: HEALTH

Requires the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to define a career path for direct support professionals. /
Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Directs the commissioner of mental health to develop guidelines and procedures for the outpatient mental health and chemical dependence treatment of sex offenders in group settings to ensure segregation from the general patient population. /
Sponsor: JOHNSON Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Designates additional substances as schedule I hallucinogenic or stimulant controlled substances. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: HEALTH

Relates to the health science research board's powers and duties with regard to breast cancer research grants; requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to include certain pesticide data in his or her annual report summarizing pesticide sales and use and provide such data to the public upon request; requires certain sellers and users of restricted pesticides to file an annual report using an electronic form developed by the department of environmental conservation. /
Sponsor: KRUEGER Committee: HEALTH

Relates to prohibiting certain restaurants and food establishments from serving foods containing artificial trans fat. /
Sponsor: HANNON Committee: HEALTH

Requires hotels and motels to notify employees of the presence of bedbugs on the premises; requires the development and administration of training on methods and procedures for the eradication of bedbugs upon hiring and each year thereafter. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: HEALTH

Provides an exception to the hearsay rule to allow testimony from persons with developmental disabilities. /
Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Requires the development of guidelines and procedures by the office of mental health to help avert retraumatization of victims of sexual offenses in a behavioral health outpatient setting. /
Sponsor: JOHNSON Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Directs the department of health to establish and maintain an internet website to advance women's health initiatives. /
Sponsor: HANNON Committee: HEALTH

Relates to public hearings for hospital operating certificates; requires they begin no earlier than 6pm. /
Sponsor: ADDABBO Committee: HEALTH

Relates to the definition of autism. /
Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Directs the commissioner of mental health to develop guidelines and procedures for the outpatient mental health and chemical dependence treatment of sex offenders in group settings to ensure segregation from the general patient population. /
Sponsor: JOHNSON Committee: MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Enacts the safe patient handling act to establish a statewide safe patient handling policy for health care facilities in the state; creates the New York state safe patient handling work group. /
Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: HEALTH

Authorizes adult day care programs to provide certain services at the site of a voluntary residential health care facility rightsizing demonstration program. /
Sponsor: HANNON Committee: HEALTH

Authorizes the department of health to establish a program for familial dysautonomia, Canavan's and Tay-Sachs disease screening and counseling and to provide grants and to enter into contracts with public and non-profit private entities to assist in such program; and provides that participation in such program shall be voluntary and all information shall be confidential. /
Sponsor: SQUADRON Committee: HEALTH