Sponsor: KLEIN

Sponsor: KLEIN

Sponsor: KLEIN

Establishes the office of risk assessment and management within the office of general services to determine the state's potential exposure to liability for its acts and omissions; such office shall also advise state agencies on proper risk management techniques and procedures. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: FINANCE

Requires health insurers to provide an insurer or subscriber who is a victim of domestic violence, upon request of such insurer or subscriber, with the option to designate alternative contact information for the purpose of receiving specific claim information or for specific billing purposes. /
Sponsor: KLEIN

Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: FINANCE

Requires insurers who underwrite property and casualty policies in the state to cover costs associated with bedbug infestations. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: INSURANCE

Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: FINANCE

Sponsor: KLEIN

Sponsor: KLEIN

Directs the special advisory panel on homeowners' insurance/catastrophe coverage to study certain facets of profitability of insurance in coastal areas. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: INSURANCE

Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: FINANCE

Regulates the retail sale of flavored malt beverages; defines flavored malt beverages as a malt beverage containing more than 8 per centum of alcohol by volume and the formula of which must be filed with the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau; provides that the provision of a flavored malt beverage by a retail licensee to any person under 21 years of age shall constitute a class E felony; prohibits the sale of flavored malt beverages in any container in excess of 12 ounces; requires flavored malt beverages to be sold for off-premises consumption in an area segregated from the areas where other beverages are sold; such beverages shall not be sold in a refrigerated state; requires the areas where flavored malt beverages are sold to be under the surveillance of the employees of the licensee; requires the posting of health warnings in the areas where such beverages are sold and upon the labels thereof; regulates the labelling of such beverages. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE

Directs the special advisory panel on homeowners' insurance/catastrophe coverage to study certain facets of profitability of insurance in coastal areas. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: INSURANCE

Requires various persons (similar to child abuse) to report financial exploitation of the elderly (sixty-two or older) to a social services official; directs the commissioner of children and family services to develop rules for the conduct of investigations and the protection of the exploited. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: AGING

Includes within the definition of "improvement" the furnishing or delivery of fuel oil or kerosene. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: JUDICIARY

Requires pharmacies to post notice of the professional misconduct complaint process. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Establishes certain proof and settlement requirements for plaintiffs seeking summary judgment or a default judgment in a residential foreclosure proceeding; provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action; lack of standing shall be defense that may be raised at any time; requires the plaintiff in a foreclosure action to affirm that it is the holder and owner, or its delegated agent, of the subject mortgage and note; the summons and complaint shall include a copy of the original mortgage and note, and all endorsements, assignments and transfers thereof, and any delegations of authority by the owner and holder of the mortgage and note. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: JUDICIARY

Increases the amount of real property conveyance in cities with a population of one million or more that triggers an additional tax. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Directs the department of environmental conservation to update any forms or documentation prepared by such department which are designed to assist applicants and lead agencies in determining whether certain projects or actions have a significant effect on the environment; and provides such updates shall ensure the consideration of changes in science and emerging issues in environmental protection. /
Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION