We pass many important laws in the state Assembly. Please find highlights attached of legislation signed into law by the governor.
| New Laws Taking Effect – June 2022 | |||
| Effective Date | Chapter | Bill Number | Summary |
| 6/1/2022 | Ch. 56 of 2022
Part L §2 |
A.9006-C | Expands income eligibility for child care assistance. |
| 6/3/2022 | Ch. 180 of 2022 | A.6938-B | Prohibits degree-granting institutions and licensed private career schools from withholding a student’s transcript because of a debt to
the school or institution, conditioning the provision of a student’s transcript on the payment of a debt, or charging a higher fee or provide less favorable treatment of a transcript request because a student owes a debt to the institution or school. |
| 6/7/2022 | Ch. 657 of 2021 Ch. 95 of 2022 | A.3237-A | Provides that the coroner or medical examiner shall promptly report to the Division of Veterans’ Services any death which appears to be a suicide by a veteran and requires a report to be provided to the governor and legislature on certain suicide statistics no later than June 13, 2024. |
| 6/8/2022 | Ch. 673 of 2021 & Ch. 126 of 2022 | A.7735-A | Establishes aquatic invasive species inspection stations in the Adirondack Park to inspect motorized watercraft for the presence of aquatic invasive species. |
| 6/8/2022 |
Ch. 661 of 2021 Ch. 64 of 2022 §1 |
A.4662-A | Makes the contact information of education or training programs that offer competency exams to home health aides available on the Department of Health’s website. |
| 6/8/2022 | Ch. 58 of 2022
Part III |
A.9008-C | Requires assessments to defray operating expenses on companies regulated by the Department of Financial Services that engage in virtual currency business activity. |
| 6/8/2022 | Ch. 189 of 2022 | A.1713-A S.1735-A |
Provides for oversight of process server records by third party contractors. |
| 6/19/2022 | Ch. 675 of 2021 Ch. 77 of 2022 | A.228 | Authorizes collection of source plasma at source plasma donation centers that comply with federal law. |
| 6/19/2022 | Ch. 707 of 2021 Ch. 30 of 2022 | A.4596 | Requires that the annual pesticide report from the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation be more specific and that manufacturers, importers, commercial applicators, and sellers of pesticides file their pesticide reports in an electronic format designated by the DEC. |
| 6/20/2022 | Ch. 724 of 2021 | A.2591-A | Establishes guidelines concerning the procurement of low-embodied carbon
concrete. |
| 6/20/2022 | Ch. 730 of 2021 Ch. 70 of 2022 | A.4572 | Adds adrenoleukodystrophy and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency to the required list of screenings for newborns. |
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6/20/2022
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Ch. 743 of 2021
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Allows donate life registration on electronic applications administered by the Office of Temporary Disability Assistance, the Higher Education Services Corporation, and on mandatory electronic tax filings and payments. |
| 6/20/2022 | Ch. 751 of 2021 Ch. 120 of 2022 | A.7403-A | Requires the Department of Agriculture and Markets to establish a publicly available searchable database of New York state farms which includes the products available for purchase, produce grown and contact information for each farm. |
| 6/20/2022 | Ch. 756 of 2021 | A.7734 | Creates the Commission to Prevent Childhood Drowning to evaluate and develop programs to properly educate and instruct children how to swim, as well as water safety. |
| 6/20/2022 | Ch. 762 of 2021 Ch. 4 of 2022 | A.1927-A | Establishes the Council for Treatment Equity within the Office of Addiction Services and Supports and adds four members to the Behavioral Health Services Advisory Council who have expertise in issues facing vulnerable populations. |
| 6/20/2022 | Ch. 766 of 2021 | A.191-A | Requires a health equity assessment to be filed with an application for construction, or substantial reduction of, a hospital or health-related service to evaluate how a project will impact access to health care for medically underserved groups in the applicant’s service area. |
| 6/20/2022 | Ch. 767 of 2021 | A.399-B |
Allows for notarization to be done electronically with the use of video conference technology.
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| 6/20/2022 | Ch. 783 of 2021 Ch. 71 of 2022 | A.528-A
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Prohibits the use of pesticides at children’s overnight or summer day camps except where emergency application is approved by local or state officials. |
| 6/20/2022 | Ch. 795 of 2021
Ch. 129 of 2022 §§1-10 |
A.2349-A | Establishes guidelines for peer-to-peer car sharing programs; outlines how they will be insured, which cars will be used, how drivers will work, and how liability would be determined in the case of an accident or damaged property. |
| 6/20/2022 | Ch. 745 of 2021
Ch. 123 of 2022 §§1, 2 |
A.6896-A | Clarifies that every state agency, board, department, or commission that collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of residents of New York must use separate categories and tabulations for Asian and Pacific Islander groups in New York. |
| 6/20/2022 | Ch. 722 of 2021
Ch. 118 of 2022 §1 |
A.2230-A | Requires the Division of Criminal Justice Services to develop regulations related to the use and collection of a hate crime demographic data form to be used for research and statistical purposes. |
| 6/20/2022 | Ch. 735 of 2021
Ch. 102 of 2022 §1 |
A.5386-A | Empowers the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Markets in conjunction with the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee to promulgate rules and regulations to implement the Soil Health and Climate Resiliency Act. |
| 6/29/2022 | Ch. 822 of 2021
Ch. 168 of 2022 §1 |
A.3876 | Requires utilities to propose an electric vehicle charging commercial tariff to facilitate faster charging for eligible light duty, heavy duty, and fleet electric vehicles. |
| 6/29/2022 |
Ch. 821 of 2021 Ch. 127 of 2022 §1
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Requires prospective midwifery birth centers to file an application with the Public Health and Health Planning Council. |
| 6/30/2022 | Ch. 448 of 2021 | A.3766 | Requires applicants for public assistance to be given notice in writing that they may be liable to reimburse the state for benefits received if they receive benefits without the required need. |
| 6/30/2022 | Ch. 803 of 2021 | A.336-A | Provides that with the first opioid prescription of each year for use in a setting other than a general hospital or nursing home, or when a practitioner is prescribing a controlled substance to a patient under the care of hospice, the prescriber will prescribe an opioid antagonist when any of the following risk factors are present: a history of substance abuse disorder; high dose or cumulative prescriptions that result in 90 morphine milligram equivalents or higher per day; or concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepine or nonbenzodiazepine sedative hypnotics. |
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