Sponsor: MONSERRATE Requires hospitals to provide language assistance services to a patient or a patient's assistant for communication of clinical and other information, including but not limited to health care, billing and making appointments, to ensure effective communication; provides that such interpreter may be a qualified interpreter, volunteer or medical personnel at such hospital; provides for such services to be available at all locations during all times that patient care is available; provides that transactions of frequently used forms essential to a patient's care and treatment be available in all of the hospital's primary language; provides for training of those providing interpretation services; requires the hospital to submit to the commissioner an annual report assessing compliance; defines primary language and patient visits.

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION - Requires debt collection agencies to be licensed by the state, requires bonding and allows for penalties.

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: LABOR - Increases unemployment insurance benefits; provides for unemployment insurance for domestic violence survivors.

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION - Requires used mattresses to be enclosed in protective containers prior to disposal.

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: FINANCE -

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION - Requires health club employee first aid training to be the same as is required for coaches of after-school athletic activities as certified by the commissioner of education; includes first-aid and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation; acceptable courses include those offered by the American National Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or another nationally recognized organization, subject to approval by the commissioner of education; or one meeting equivalent to requirements certified by the commissioner of education; exempts weight loss studios or salons that promote weight loss and which do not include on-site bodybuilding, exercise, etc.

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION - Relates to the time period for sending out notice of the end of trial offers.

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION - Establishes the New York state automatic identification technology privacy task force, to consist of: the chairperson of the consumer protection board, the secretary of state, the commissioner of education, the director of the office for technology, the attorney general, the mayor of the city of New York and 11 at-large members to be appointed by the governor and the legislative leaders; the task force shall report to the governor and the legislature regarding: existing state law, regulations, programs, policies, and practices related to the use of automatic identification technology; the privacy issues associated with the use of automatic identification technology by public and private entities; research on privacy issues associated with the use of automatic identification technology; current and anticipated or possible future uses of automatic identification technology; the benefits to consumers and businesses from the use of automatic identification technology; the need to prohibit or restrict the use of automatic identification technology in certain situations; and public awareness on the use of automatic identification technology.

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Prohibits the construction, development or siting of hazardous wildlife attractants near airports.

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Prohibits the construction, development or siting of hazardous wildlife attractants near airports.

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION - Makes technical corrections to the children's product safety and recall effectiveness act of 2008; reduces the age from 14 to 12 for which the provisions of this act shall be applicable to children's products.

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: FINANCE -

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: FINANCE -

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: BANKS - Establishes the reverse mortgage fairness act of 2009; provides that proceeds of a reverse mortgage shall not be considered as income for the purposes of the exemption on personal property for persons sixty-five and over.

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION - Prohibits service providers from solely relying upon credit reports for the purpose of determining whether to provide or continue to provide service to any consumer or potential consumer; further prohibits the use of credit reports by service providers for the purpose of requiring the payment of a deposit, additional fee or higher rate for service.

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: FINANCE -

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: FINANCE -

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: FINANCE -

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: AGING - Provides sales tax exemption for food sold in reduced portions at reduced prices to persons 65 years of age or over at a restaurant, cafeteria or other establishment.

Sponsor: MONSERRATE Committee: AGING - Empowers a county or a city with a population of one million or more to provide for deferment of real property taxes owed by persons 65 years of age or older by local law; sets forth procedures for deferment, financing taxes deferred and insuring against loss; provides such tax deferment lien shall be cumulative and shall come due upon sale or conveyance, death of the owner(s) or foreclosure of a security interest in the property.