LEGISLATION
On this page is a list of bills Senator Duane has introduced as the prime sponsor so far this Session.
To find out the status of these bills, see a summary, read the full text, and/or see how the Senate voted on the legislation if it came before the full body, please click on this link to the NYS Senate Web page on Bills & Laws. On that page, please enter the bill number and click the status button. From the status page you may check the boxes for text, summary and sponsors memo and then click the search button to retrieve them.
You can also use the NYS Senate Web page on Bills & Laws to find out how Senator Duane voted on legislation that came before the full Senate. If you know the number of the bill you are looking for you can enter it directly. Or you can search for bill numbers by keyword.
2009 Bills Prime Sponsored by Senator Thomas K. Duane (list in formation)
| Bill No. | |
| S1342 | DUANE -- Provides that a two-thirds majority of all outstanding shares is necessary to dissolve a mutual limited profit housing company |
| S1343 | DUANE -- Prohibits charitable organizations from using charitable donations for confidentiality agreements or closed settlement agreements |
| S1344 | DUANE -- Requires a specific recommendation by a certified psychologist or a certified nurse practitioner of the type of residence in which a patient is to live upon release |
| S1345 | DUANE -- Requires owners of multiple dwellings in a city with a population of one million or more to comply with municipal mosquito control requirements; repealer |
| S1346 | DUANE -- Provides for including uncles, aunts, nephews and nieces in the definition of "family member" in relation to regulations pertaining to rights of family members |
| S1347 | DUANE -- Makes various provisions relating to rent-to-own sales practices and disclosure requirements for rental-purchase agreements |
| S1348 | DUANE -- Provides for any appropriation of state moneys made to an athletic sports team to be matched and appropriated to a comparable sports team of the opposite sex |
| S1349 | DUANE -- Limits commercial vehicles from stopping or standing in New York city |
| S1350 | DUANE -- Requires certain corporations to file tax-related information with the secretary of state and provides for publication thereof |
| S1351 | DUANE -- Requires cash registers used in certain businesses to visually display the amount of sale to the customer |
| S1352 | DUANE -- Provides for notice of availability of services to prisoners upon their release from state prison |
| S1353A | DUANE -- Relates to the rights of youth in detention and residential programs for youth |
| S1385 | DUANE -- Requires the state office for the aging to report on the delivery of services to and needs of traditionally underserved populations in their annual report to the governor |
| S1386 | DUANE -- Establishes metropolitan transportation authority disabled riders' council |
| S1387 | DUANE -- Requires the city of New York or county within the district to make maintenance of escalators, elevators and other facilities in passenger stations a priority |
| S1439 | DUANE -- Prohibits the transfer of liquor licenses from one owner to subsequent owners of the same establishment, bar or club |
| S1440 | DUANE -- Provides for court-ordered rent abatement where the landlord fails to make repairs |
| S1441 | DUANE -- Requires return of a security deposit by a landlord within 30 days unless the landlord gives written notice of retention for legally authorized cause |
| S1442 | DUANE -- Provides that a child regardless of age who has lived with a tenant parent for two years or more in a rent-regulated apartment shall be deemed a tenant |
| S1443 | DUANE -- Requires landlord to grant access to engineer or architect hired by tenants to inspect major capital improvements in certain multiple dwellings |
| S1518 | DUANE -- Waives state's sovereign immunity to liability under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
| S1519 | DUANE -- Requires ATMs to use both audio and visual systems of relaying messages to its customers |
| S1520 | DUANE -- Authorizes the commissioner of education to establish rules, regulations and guidelines regarding the use and possession of mobile telephones by students |
| S1521 | DUANE -- Establishes duties for pharmacies when pharmacists employed by such pharmacy refuse to fill prescriptions on the basis of personal beliefs |
| S1522 | DUANE -- Allows for the expansion and electrification of preexisting railroad lines |
| S1523 | DUANE -- Relates to permitting two unmarried persons to adopt a child together |
| S1524 | DUANE -- Requires tenants in housing court to be given certain information in bold print at the end of any petition for eviction |
| S1792 | DUANE -- Authorizes the commissioner of correctional services to develop programs in correctional facilities to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases |
| S1793 | DUANE -- Enacts provisions relating to the reporting of child abuse |
| S1794 | DUANE -- Prevents landlords from receiving a financial windfall from major capital improvements funded by the New York State energy and research development authority |
| S1795 | DUANE -- Enacts the protection in the workplace act |
| S1926 | DUANE -- Living wills and health care representatives where a health care agent or living will has not been executed |
| S1927 | DUANE -- Requires the department of health to promulgate rules and regulations concerning patients and others with a hearing impairment |
| S1987 | DUANE -- Enacts the "dignity for all students act" to prevent harassment and discrimination |
| S2171 | DUANE -- Authorizes study of housing programs for low and middle income families; provides for a moratorium on the voluntary dissolution of limited profit, limited dividend and redevelopment housing companies |
| S2406 | DUANE -- Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression and includes offenses regarding gender identity or expression under the hate crimes statute |
| S2568 | DUANE -- Extends the statute of limitations in criminal and civil actions for certain sex offenses committed against a child less than eighteen years of age |
| S2664 | DUANE -- Provides that certain persons living with HIV or AIDS shall not be required to pay more than 30% of the household income towards shelter costs |
| S2668 | DUANE -- Provides for evidence that proves or tends to prove that a victim has been convicted of a prostitution offense shall not be admissible |
| S2870 | DUANE -- Provides for the exemption of contributions made by an employer to an accident or health plan for the benefit of an employee's domestic partner from federal gross income |
| S2933 | DUANE -- Caps fares for paratransit transportation |
| S3164 | DUANE -- Establishes procedures for making health care decisions on behalf of patients unable to decide about treatment for themselves; repealer |
| S3180 | DUANE -- Relates to the reimbursement of out-of-network providers of clinical laboratory services |
| S3255 | DUANE -- Relates to persons who may register for the adoption information registry; repealer |
| S3256 | DUANE -- Relates to the immunization of health care workers |
| S3257 | DUANE -- Relates to pre-natal programs and services; repealer |
| S3258 | DUANE -- Relates to the sale, delivery, dispensing and/or distribution of controlled substances |
| S3293 | DUANE -- Makes provisions relating to HIV testing, including consent for such testing, required offering for such testing, confidentiality and disclosure |
| S3297 | DUANE -- Relates to the appointment of a temporary operator or voluntary receiver of adult care facilities, death and felony crime reports |
| S3338 | DUANE -- Prohibits the collection of administration expenses by a landlord and provides for the tenant to collect all interest paid on a security deposit or advance |
| S3339 | DUANE -- Determines workers' compensation rates based upon number of hours worked for an employer |
| S3342 | DUANE -- Requires a certain class (J-2) of residential buildings in New York city to have emergency lighting |
| S3343 | DUANE -- Authorizes police services arrangements for particular areas under circumstances and conditions that maintain disinterest |
| S3344 | DUANE -- Includes health care facilities operated or supervised by the department of correctional services or local correctional facilities within the definition of hospital |
| S3488 | DUANE -- Makes provisions to assist defense attorneys practicing criminal law in the public sector to repay their student loans |
| S3489 | DUANE -- Provides that no person shall because of their sex be subjected to any discrimination in his or her civil rights |
| S3527 | DUANE -- Enacts Nursing Care Quality Protection Act |
| S3549 | DUANE -- Relates to Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, its causes, mortality rates, methods of treatment, methods of prevention, and cure |
| S3578 | DUANE -- Extends the statute of limitations in criminal and civil actions for certain sex offenses committed against a child less than eighteen years of age |
| S3581 | DUANE -- Authorizes the commissioner of correctional services to develop and implement programs in correctional facilities to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases |
| S3629 | DUANE -- Creates the New York state commission on sex offender supervision and management |
| S3740 | DUANE -- Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient and outpatient departments |
| S3751 | DUANE -- Relates to the humane treatment of animals |
| S3833 | DUANE -- Relates to directing the department of health to submit an amendment to the plan for medical assistance |
| S3834 | DUANE -- Provides a clarification of the exemption of certain damages recovered by or on behalf of patients of residential health care facilities |
| S3835 | DUANE -- Relates to medicaid payment for co-payments due under Medicare Part D |
| S3836 | DUANE -- Establishes an age-appropriate sex education grant program, to be referred to as the healthy teens act |
| S3837 | DUANE -- Requires any hospital that provides birthing services to provide written, educational material containing information about premature, newborn infants |
| S3838 | DUANE -- Relates to home care services registration |
| S3839 | DUANE -- Creates the New York state safe patient handling task force |
| S3840 | DUANE -- Provides for a utilization review protocol for the treatment of rare diseases |
| S3841 | DUANE -- Provides clarification regarding retaliation against a patient or a patient's legal representative for asserting such patient's right of action |
| S3842 | DUANE -- Provides for review by the department of health of policies and practices regarding HIV, AIDS and HCV at correctional facilities |
| S3843 | DUANE -- Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act" |
| S3844 | DUANE -- Subjects nursing homes not providing basic standards of care to nursing home diversion |
| S3845 | DUANE -- Exempts an individual licensed as a dentist and a physician who engages in the practice of dentistry from requirements for office-based surgery |
| S3904 | DUANE -- Provides an exemption to the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance upon the possession of residual amounts of such in a hypodermic syringe or needle |
| S3905 | DUANE -- Relates to certain application and referral forms for health care plans |
| S3906 | DUANE -- Requires incident reporting by home care services agencies, hospitals, and adult care facilities |
| S3907 | DUANE -- Provides clarification on the private right of action by a patient of a residential health care facility |
| S3908 | DUANE -- Authorizes as a pilot program certified nurse practitioners to provide care and treatment to injured employees in workers' compensation cases |
| S3909 | DUANE -- Relates to clarifying the grounds for an external appeal based on medical necessity |
| S3910 | DUANE -- Sets forth an order of priority for organ donation and consent for such organ donation |
| S3911 | DUANE -- Requires a general hospital with a neonatal intensive care unit to offer a vaccination against influenza virus |
| S3930 | DUANE -- Provides for pharmacy benefit management and the procurement of prescription drugs at a negotiated rate for dispensation |
| S4041 | DUANE -- Provides for medical use of marihuana |
| S4122 | DUANE -- Authorizes a city having a population of one million or more to impose the city earnings tax on nonresidents and repeals chapter 5 of the laws of 1999 |
| S4145 | DUANE -- Provides restrictions upon the use of state aircraft |
| S4237 | DUANE -- Requires all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service providers to comply with energy star guidelines by 7/1/2014 |
| S4240 | DUANE -- Relates to the use of an official state of New York quality trademark for milk and milk products |
| S4278 | DUANE -- Creates an animal population control fund and animal population control program |
| S4393 | DUANE -- Establishes demonstration program to enforce maximum speed limits by means of speed limit photo devices in N.Y. city |
| S4401 | DUANE -- Relates to individuals ability to marry |
| S4429 | DUANE -- Relates to motions to vacate judgment against victims of sex trafficking for certain prostitution offenses |
| S4488 | DUANE -- Creates the anatomical gift act; repealer |
| S4489 | DUANE -- Relates to prohibiting the sale or use of artificial trans fats in food service establishments, mobile food service establishments and retail food stores |
| S4490 | DUANE -- Provides for reimbursement for nurse practitioner services under certain policies of health insurance including individual and group accident/health |
| S4491 | DUANE -- Requires health coverage plans to include in provider networks certified nurse practitioners as primary health care providers |
| S4492 | DUANE -- Establishes the clinical trial access and education fund to provide grants for certain services for patients with life-threatening or disabling conditions/diseases |
| S4493 | DUANE -- Permits a physician assistant to certify the health of a person applying for a license to practice nail specialty, waxing, hair styling, esthetics or cosmetology |
| S4494 | DUANE -- Authorizes a physician assistant, acting under the supervision of a physician, to sign death certificates in like manner as physicians |
| S4495 | DUANE -- Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of prisoners by health care professionals |
| S4496 | DUANE -- Relates to prohibiting the sale of flavored cigarettes |
| S4497 | DUANE -- Requires cigarette manufacturers to disclose chemical additives and product design characteristics in cigarettes |
| S4498 | DUANE -- Relates to a patient's right to palliative care information |
| S4499 | DUANE -- Directs health care professionals to provide pain-relieving medications to the extent authorized by accepted professional guidelines |
| S4540 | DUANE -- Requires hospitals, nursing homes and community health clinics to provide patient documents in large print format, language assistance services and audio recordings |
| S4642 | DUANE -- Expands the exemption provided to professional journalists and newscasters from contempt to include employment or association with a web log |
| S4693 | DUANE -- Establishes Haley's Act which prohibits direct contact between a big cat and a member of the public |
| S4756 | DUANE -- Provides a tax credit for spay or neuter services |
| S4757 | DUANE -- Provides for tax credit for the adoption of household pets from animal shelter or humane society |
| S4758 | DUANE -- Requires police identification line-ups to be conducted sequentially |
| S4845A | DUANE -- Authorizes any city with a population in excess of one million to provide a biotechnology credit against certain taxes |
| S4846 | DUANE -- Allows persons who have tested positive for HIV or AIDS to donate organs |
| S4861 | DUANE -- Provides improved access to taxicabs for persons with disabilities |
| S4884 | DUANE -- Establishes New York Health Plus to provide comprehensive health coverage to all New Yorkers |
| S4998 | DUANE -- Authorizes physician assistants under the supervision of a physician to perform most medical services that such physician can perform |
| S4999 | DUANE -- Permits an electronic signature to register consent to make an anatomical gift |
| S5000 | DUANE -- Relates to eliminating cost-sharing, deductibles and co-payments for certain prescription drugs |
| S5001 | DUANE -- Provides for clarification of the disposition of human remains |
| S5002 | DUANE -- Prohibits hospitals from denying staff membership or professional privileges to psychologists without cause |
| S5003 | DUANE -- Requires certain restaurants and food service establishments to post the caloric value of food items |
| S5004 | DUANE -- Relates to the sale and possession of hypodermic syringes and hypodermic needles |
| S5005 | DUANE -- Prohibits any person from smoking at a playground |
| S5006 | DUANE -- Provides for an extender of 2 years for the safe patient handling demonstration program |
| S5007 | DUANE -- Relates to the definition of the practice of midwifery |
| S5167 | DUANE -- Makes certain requirements for legislation to alienate public parkland |
| S5189 | DUANE -- Relates to authorization to conduct clinical laboratory tests |
| S5190 | DUANE -- Allows clinical labs to provide biological data analysis services |
| S5191 | DUANE -- Provides limitations on use of evidence obtained in connection with a person seeking or receiving health care for a drug overdose |
| S5192 | DUANE -- Relates to authorizing the seizure and confinement of animals in connection with the prevention of rabies |
| S5249 | DUANE -- Directs the department of health to use state employees in determining eligibility for the child health plus, the medical assistance program and family health plus |
| S5367 | DUANE -- Creates tenants' right to recover certain attorneys' fees incurred as a result of service of notice based upon false facts or allegations |
| S5368 | DUANE -- Prohibits the use, with exceptions, of an electronic entry card or device as a mechanism for resident or resident's guest to enter or exit a residential building |
| S5369 | DUANE -- Relates to animal control and licensing of animals; makes various amendments to dog licensing laws in N.Y. city; establishes an animal population control fund; repealer |
| S5450 | DUANE -- Relates to the ability to issue certain bonds and notes |
| S5478 | DUANE -- Prohibits the manufacture, distribution, sale and use of nail polish and nail hardener containing certain dibutyl phthalates (DBP), toluene, or formaldehyde |
| S5530 | DUANE -- Establishes the state division of AIDS services |
| S5566 | DUANE -- Establishes rent adjustments; repealer |
| S5590 | DUANE -- Creates a program for public awareness of post polio sequelae within the department of health |
| S5591 | DUANE -- Restricts retail sale of ipecac syrup to behind the pharmacy counter or under manager control |
| S5592 | DUANE -- Relates to certificate of birth data |
| S5620 | DUANE -- Relates to hypodermic syringes and the lawful possession of such syringes |
| S5644 | DUANE -- Relates to eligibility levels in the elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program |
| S5657 | DUANE -- Provides a tax credit for the purchase of new vehicles by transportation companies, which vehicles are accessible to persons with disabilities |
| S5665 | DUANE -- Relates to the posting of calorie content of food sold by retail food establishments and retail food service operations |