New York State Senator

Nathalia Fernandez 2023-2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 56)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06466

Introduced
4/21/23  
Refer
4/21/23  
Permits tuition assistance program awards to be made to part-time students enrolled in certain degree granting institutions chartered or authorized by the New York state board of regents.
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New York Senate Bill S06508

Introduced
4/25/23  
Refer
4/25/23  
Authorizes the commissioner of health to withhold reimbursements from medical assistance programs to retail entities who decline to make available, dispense, distribute, or sell a product approved by the federal government which would block, prevent, or otherwise negate a pregnancy in any jurisdiction within and subject to such federal government.
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New York Senate Bill S06613

Introduced
5/1/23  
Refer
5/1/23  
Authorizes schools to possess and administer FDA approved opioid reversal agents in emergency situations to negate or neutralize, in whole or in part, the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the human body.

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York Senate Bill S06471

Introduced
4/21/23  
Refer
4/21/23  
Enacts the "Marvin Mayfield act", eliminating mandatory minimum sentences.
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New York Senate Bill S06561

Introduced
4/26/23  
Refer
4/26/23  
Places limits on the maximum amount of hours a home care aide may be required to work without voluntarily consenting to such an assignment.
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New York Senate Bill S06563

Introduced
4/26/23  
Refer
4/26/23  
Establishes a school ventilation and energy efficiency assessment, repair and verification program to require each school to: obtain an HVAC Assessment Report performed by qualified testing personnel documenting the functionality of the existing system or lack thereof, and obtain a report from a mechanical engineer identifying any upgrades, replacements or other measures recommended to improve the functionality, health and safety and/or energy efficiency of the HVAC system; adjust, and, if necessary, repair existing building HVAC systems, and install or replace HVAC systems, if necessary, to ensure proper and efficient operation, as well as compliance with health and safety standards; obtain an HVAC Verification Report performed by qualified testing personnel documenting any upgrades, replacements, installations or any other work performed on the HVAC system functions as designed and/or in compliance with health and safety standards; install CO2 sensors in classrooms, assembly areas, kitchen or cafeteria areas or building office spaces to provide ongoing verification that proper ventilation is maintained during operation; makes related provisions.
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New York Senate Bill S06592

Introduced
4/27/23  
Refer
4/27/23  
Establishes the New York COVID-19 children's fund program to provide assistance to children whose parent, custodian, legal guardian, or related adult household member died as a result of contracting COVID-19, regardless of immigration status of such children.
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New York Senate Bill S06609

Introduced
4/28/23  
Refer
4/28/23  
Engrossed
6/8/23  
Refer
6/8/23  
Increases the number of persons from three hundred to five hundred to be considered a small business for the purposes of MWBE.
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New York Senate Bill S06611

Introduced
5/1/23  
Refer
5/1/23  
Includes correctional facilities and local correctional facilities as publicly-assisted housing accommodations for purposes of the division of human rights; defines correctional facilities and local correctional facilities.
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New York Senate Bill S06616

Introduced
5/1/23  
Refer
5/1/23  
Prohibits hospital interference with patient care where the practitioner is acting in good faith and within the scope of their practice.
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New York Senate Bill S06621

Introduced
5/1/23  
Refer
5/1/23  
Enacts the "commuter rail employee rights protection act".
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New York Senate Bill S06685

Introduced
5/4/23  
Refer
5/4/23  
Prohibits motor vehicle insurers from discrimination on the basis of socioeconomic factors in determining algorithms used to construct actuarial tables, coverage terms, premiums and/or rates.
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New York Senate Bill S06688

Introduced
5/5/23  
Refer
5/5/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Engrossed
6/5/24  
Prohibits the application of fail-first or step therapy protocols to coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of serious mental health conditions; defines serious mental health condition.
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New York Senate Bill S06690

Introduced
5/5/23  
Refer
5/5/23  
Permits a close friend to make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body.
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New York Senate Bill S06695

Introduced
5/5/23  
Refer
5/5/23  
Relates to establishing the crime of coercive control; provides that a person is guilty of coercive control when he or she engages in a course of conduct against a member of his or her same family or household, without the victim's consent, which results in limiting or restricting, in full or in part, the victim's behavior, movement, associations or access to or use of his or her own finances or financial information; and provides that coercive control is a class E felony.