Relates to roundabouts and makes technical corrections to provisions of law relating to lane-use control signal indications, circular intersections and railroad grade crossings. / Sponsor: Castro (MS) Committee:

Provides that no insurer or health care plan shall by contract, written policy or written procedure require the maintenance of hospital privileges by any non-hospital employee health care provider as a condition of entering into or maintaining a contract, agreement of membership or acceptance into a health care plan or health maintenance organization's provider network; provides that no insurer or health care plan can prohibit or restrict any health care provider from referring an insured to another physician based solely upon the referred physician's lack of affiliation and/or lack of hospital privileges. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Prohibits retaliation by landlords against tenants and other legal occupants who operate group family day care homes and family day care homes pursuant to section 390 of the social services law. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Prohibits the harassment of family day care homes and group family day care homes by landlords. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Requires translation of examinations for the license to practice cosmetology into Spanish, French, Russian or Chinese. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Authorizes the use of school buildings and school sites for religious meetings and worship when not in use for school purposes or when such service or worship is deemed not disruptive of normal school operations. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Relates to providing quality out-patient specialty care for patients of academic medical centers regardless of source of payment or insurance type, and providing improved notification to patients regarding their rights to financial assistance at hospitals and improving access to specialty care for medical assistance recipients. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Increases the wages for nurses and physician's assistants that are bilingual and working in hospitals. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Extends the effectiveness of open end loans. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Provides for the sanitization of every used mattress or bedding material transported, stored or sold in the state. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Creates tax abatements for certain commercial properties located within the Kingsbridge Armory mall project. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Establishes a process for regulating the collecting, recording, and disclosing of confidential information by state employees. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Increases the presumed "cost of the agent" for purposes of cigarette marketing. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Prohibits the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies. / Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Sponsor: Castro Committee:

Establishes the New York state foreign children tax inclusion act authorizing a tax deduction for support provided to children outside of the United States; defines "dependent children"; provides an exemption of $1,000 for each foreign dependent child. / Sponsor: Castro (MS) Committee:

Requires an eight hour pre-marriage counseling session with a licensed marriage and family therapist before the issuance of a marriage license for persons intending to be married in New York state. / Sponsor: Castro Committee: