New York State Senator

Gustavo Rivera 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 25)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03362

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Repeals provisions requiring reporting of a patient's drug use.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03363

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Engrossed

6/12/25

Refer

6/13/25

Grants authority to a hospice medical director or a physician designated by such director, to sign a death certificate.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03364

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Report Pass

5/13/25

Engrossed

6/12/25

Refer

6/13/25

Establishes an office of the state medical indemnity fund ombudsperson and a medical indemnity fund advisory panel to advocate for, assist and represent the interests of qualified plaintiffs.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03365

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Relates to payment of claims submitted by healthcare agencies.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03366

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Engrossed

6/6/25

Refer

6/6/25

Makes various provisions regarding establishment of a hospital: provides that any person and various other listed entities (i.e., partnership, company, stockholder, member, corporation or other entity) with authority to operate a hospital, shall be subject to approval for establishment by the public health council (unless otherwise authorized to operate a hospital without such establishment approval); provides that any assignment or delegation of any authority to operate a hospital shall be subject to approval for establishment by the council (with certain specified exceptions); specifies circumstances under which a person, partnership, company, etc. shall be deemed to have authority to operate a hospital subject to approval for establishment by the council (with certain specified exceptions); specifies circumstances under which a person, partnership, company, etc. shall be deemed to have authority to operate a hospital (i.e., if it has decision-making authority over listed matters).

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03425

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board of trustees, the scope of benefits, payment methodologies and care coordination; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; establishes a temporary commission on implementation of the plan; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03476

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Enacts the bucks for boilers act, which creates a program to aid in transition of housing units to electric heat pumps and other high energy efficiency upgrades.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03547

Introduced

1/28/25

Refer

1/28/25

Establishes school based health centers to be organized through school, community, and health provider relationships and provide services in keeping with state and local laws and regulations, as well as established medical standards, and best practices.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03394

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Engrossed

6/13/25

Refer

6/13/25

Enacts the "ceasing repeated and extremely egregious predatory (CREEP) behavior act"; provides for the issuance of anti-stalking orders.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03397

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Enacts the "faith-based affordable housing act" for development on residential land; defines terms; provides that each village, town, and city shall allow the construction and occupation of residential buildings on any covered site up to the specified densities; provides that all residential buildings constructed pursuant to this section in a town, village, or city with fewer than one million inhabitants shall set aside twenty percent of the residential floor area for households earning an average of eighty percent of area median income; outlines the densities for New York city; makes related provisions.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03412

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Report Pass

5/14/25

Provides for the regulation of indoor and outdoor worksites with temperature protection standards and education, training and reporting requirements to ensure that employers provide safe conditions for their employees.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03415

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Establishes the universal child care act to provide for the establishment and funding of universal child care in the state of New York; establishes a universal child care taskforce to help implement universal child care in the state and repeals certain provisions of the social services law relating thereto; establishes the permanent child care workforce pay equity fund; establishes a universal child care public option pilot program to provide universal child care in at least twenty locations throughout the state; makes an appropriation therefor.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03458

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Report Pass

3/4/25

Engrossed

6/5/25

Refer

6/5/25

Engrossed

6/16/25

Provides that beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, certain graduate students shall be required to pay 25% of all current and future mandatory university fees; provides that in the 2027-2028 academic year and thereafter, no mandatory university fees shall be charged, with the exclusion of the graduate student association student activity fee.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03460

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Engrossed

6/11/25

Refer

6/11/25

Grants employees access to personnel records; requires notice of negative information in such records and an opportunity for a review; permits employee to include certain information in personnel records.

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03486

Introduced

1/27/25

Refer

1/27/25

Engrossed

6/6/25

Refer

6/6/25

Engrossed

6/11/25

Relates to providing information to patients and the public on hospital rule-based exclusions; requires the commissioner of health to collect from each hospital a list of its hospital rule-based exclusions and publish such information on the department's website.

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