We pass many important laws in the state Assembly. Below please find highlights attached of legislation signed into law by the governor:

Effective Date Chapter Summary
3/1/2023 Ch. 56 of 2022

Part CCC, §§2-4

 Expands pre-natal and post-partum care for Medicaid recipients when recommended by a physician or other health care practitioner.
3/1/2023 Ch. 674 of 2022 Enacts the Firefighter Bill of Rights, which requires an independent hearing officer be appointed for disciplinary proceedings against firefighters outside New York City and clarifies that such procedures are subject to collective bargaining.
3/6/2023 Ch. 660 of 2022 Allows for the option to add telephone numbers to a do-not-call list at the outset of certain telemarketing calls.
3/10/2023 Ch. 582 of 2022 Provides for the issuance of a New York State Vietnam War Commemorative Medal.
3/10/2023 Ch. 583 of 2022 Provides for the issuance of a New York State Korean War Commemorative Medal.
3/15/2023 Ch. 679 of 2022 Prohibits insurers from excluding, limiting, restricting, or reducing coverage on a homeowners’ insurance policy based solely on the insured harboring or owning a specific breed of dog.
3/16/2023 Ch. 694 of 2022 Provides that public assistance officials shall not be required to limit authorized child care services strictly based on the work, training, or educational schedule of the parents.
3/16/2023 Ch. 696 of 2022 Permits certain buildings with five or fewer units to convert to cooperative or condominium ownership upon written purchase agreements with at least 15 percent of the dwelling units in the building.
3/16/2023 Ch. 706 of 2022 Establishes a blue alert system to aid in the identification, location and apprehension of any individuals suspected of killing or seriously wounding any police officer.
3/21/2023 Ch. 601 of 2022 Allows patients to receive treatment by an occupational therapist without a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner and requires the occupational therapist to inform the patient of certain potential insurance issues.
3/21/2023 Ch. 603 of 2022 Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to install and reasonably maintain proper operation of surveillance cameras in areas frequented by passengers at all subway stations.
3/22/2023 Ch. 642 of 2022

§4

 Requires written information on the related rights of employees and employers, to be published on the Public Employment Relations Board website, in English and the 12 most common non-English languages

spoken.
3/23/2023 Ch. 744 of 2022 Establish statewide uniformity in the notification

process to a candidate for public office of any specific objections to nominating petitions that have been filed.
3/23/2023 Ch. 749 of 2022 Ensures that direct cash transfers received as part of a research pilot program cannot be considered as income for the purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance benefits.
3/23/2023 Ch. 780 of 2022 Permits runaways and homeless youth under the age of 18 who are receiving approved crisis or support services to consent to medical, dental, health and hospital services.
3/28/2023 Ch. 798 of 2022 Designates lay individuals as one-day marriage officiants in order to solemnize marriages.
3/28/2023 Ch. 801 of 2022 Requires the appointment of a transit dependent representative on various transportation authorities.
3/30/2023 Ch. 817 of 2022 Provides for the creation, operation, and duties of natural organic reduction facilities as cemetery corporations for the contained, accelerated conversion of human remains to soil.
3/30/2023 Ch. 830 of 2022 Provides that a banking institution must cash checks drawn on said institution, if the payee presents forms of valid identification.