New York State Representative

Phara Souffrant Forrest 2023-2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 22)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06510

Introduced
4/12/23  
Refer
4/12/23  
Directs the commissioner of health to authorize additional reimbursement to providers of health and dental care primarily serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities for uncompensated time, use of staff, and services that are necessary to support treatment of a patient as a result of the patient's physical, intellectual, or developmental disability.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06583

Introduced
4/19/23  
Refer
4/19/23  
Refer
1/3/24  
Report Pass
3/19/24  
Engrossed
3/25/24  
Refer
3/25/24  
Engrossed
3/25/24  
Enrolled
11/15/24  
Chaptered
11/26/24  
Establishes November twenty-sixth of each year as a day of commemoration known as "Sojourner Truth Day".
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06584

Introduced
4/20/23  
Refer
4/20/23  
Requires applicants for major projects located near a disadvantaged community to submit an enhanced public participation plan.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06594

Introduced
4/24/23  
Refer
4/24/23  
Relates to including diagnosis of asthma or other respiratory diseases for which rescue inhaler treatment is prescribed in the statewide immunization information system.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06601

Introduced
4/24/23  
Refer
4/24/23  
Report Pass
5/9/23  
Refer
5/9/23  
Report Pass
5/16/23  
Refer
5/16/23  
Prohibits state chartered banking institutions from investing in and providing financing for private prisons.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06604

Introduced
4/24/23  
Refer
4/24/23  
Report Pass
5/22/23  
Refer
5/22/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Refer
5/31/23  
Protects employee freedom of speech and conscience by prohibiting employers from coercing employees into attending or participating in meetings sponsored by the employer concerning the employer's views on political or religious matters.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06666

Introduced
4/26/23  
Refer
4/26/23  
Prohibits all registered organizations, licensees, or permittees or other entities under the jurisdiction of the cannabis board from selling or delivering any edible cannabis products not in child resistant packaging.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06785

Introduced
5/8/23  
Refer
5/8/23  
Sets reimbursement rates for essential safety net hospitals at no less than regional average commercial rates for health care services provided by all hospitals in the same geographic region.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06835

Introduced
5/8/23  
Refer
5/8/23  
Authorizes the dispensing of abortion medication under certain conditions; requires insurance policies providing coverage for contraception to provide coverage for abortion medication.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06843

Introduced
5/8/23  
Refer
5/8/23  
Report Pass
5/24/23  
Refer
5/24/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Refer
5/31/23  
Relates to the information to be included in vacancy rate studies.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06879

Introduced
5/8/23  
Refer
5/8/23  
Requires state agencies to publish certain information in local, community and ethnic media; defines local, community and ethnic media; requires the office of general services to develop and maintain a list of local, community and ethnic media outlets.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06891

Introduced
5/8/23  
Refer
5/8/23  
Relates to the regulation of live restraint cable devices to take wildlife; authorizes regulations by the department of environmental conservation.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06902

Introduced
5/8/23  
Refer
5/8/23  
Expands coverage for pregnant and postpartum individuals and their children; establishes a health expense account program for pregnant and postpartum individuals; requires the creation of informative pamphlets on maternal depression.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06943

Introduced
5/9/23  
Refer
5/9/23  
Establishes the "Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli settler violence act" to prohibit not-for-profit corporations from engaging in unauthorized support of Israeli settlement activity; allows for recovery of a civil penalty by the state attorney general; creates a private right of action for violations.
NY

New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Assembly Bill A06969

Introduced
5/9/23  
Refer
5/9/23  
Report Pass
5/23/23  
Refer
5/23/23  
Report Pass
5/31/23  
Refer
5/31/23  
Enacts the "beauty justice act"; provides for the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics; prohibits the sale of personal care products and cosmetic products containing certain restricted products.