New York S 4400: Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase

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S04400 Summary:

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Amd §§4403-f, 3605 & 3605-b, Pub Health L; amd Part B §9-e, Chap 57 of 2018

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Relates to a moratorium on new licensed home care service agency approvals.

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02/04/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4400

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to a moratorium on
 new licensed home care service agency approvals; and to amend part B
 of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018 amending the public health law and
 other laws relating to limitations on licensed home care service agen-
 cy contracts and registration of licensed home care services agencies,
 in relation to the moratorium on the processing and approval of appli-
 cations seeking licensure of a licensed home care services agency

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and
 2 declares that local small business are the very lifeblood and economic
 3 building blocks of the empire state. These businesses are important to
 4 every community throughout our state: they hire locally, they spend
 5 resources locally, they pay state and local taxes and they offer essen-
 6 tial services that improve the quality of life of individuals at the
 7 local level. Without such local small businesses, our economy would not
 8 be able to function in a manner that benefits all our residents and
 9 reaches them in a very direct and personal way. A quintessential and
 10 leading example of the type of local, small business that provides life-
 11 changing services can be found in the form of licensed home care service
 12 agencies (LHCSAs). LHCSAs are a vital and essential component of our
 13 health care delivery system, interacting with patients on a daily basis,
 14 attending to their needs and standing on the very frontline of quality
 15 care. Furthermore, LHCSAs are very often small, local businesses started
 16 by compassionate social entrepreneurs who saw a need in their community
 17 and who have succeeded because of the very personal, trusting, compas-
 18 sionate and nurturing relationship they have with the individuals under
 19 their care. Additionally, the range of services provided by LHCSAs,
 20 including language and cultural competency, is unique and valuable, to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05794-01-5

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 1 them, to the employees they hire and to our overall community and health
 2 care system. The need for home care services for our senior population
 3 is rising exponentially and local, small business LHCSAs have rationally
 4 grown to meet this demand and provide skillful care for our loved ones.
 5 Moreover, LHCSAs often save the state money because they allow individ-
 6 uals to remain at home, instead of moving to institutionalized care.
 7 However, puzzlingly, the department of health constantly seems focused
 8 on threatening LHCSAs ability to operate, as exemplified by a two year
 9 moratorium enacted in 2008 and a series of potentially catastrophic
 10 provisions enacted as part of the 2018-19 New York state budget, includ-
 11 ing: another two year moratorium on new LHCSA approvals; the
 12 construction of a limit on the number of LHCSAs with which managed long
 13 term care plans (MLTCP) can contract; and authorization of a forward-
 14 looking requirement that could be enacted in the future, post the two
 15 year moratorium, that will mandate that LHCSA applicants need to demon-
 16 strate "public need" and "financial feasibility" to receive approval. In
 17 sum, these changes have simply gone too far in terms of overregulating
 18 local