New York S 5663: Expands the START-UP NY program to include medical primary care services

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S05663 Summary:

BILL NOS05663 

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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Add Art 27 Title 34 §§27-3401 - 27-3419 & 71-1701, amd §71-1701, En Con L; add §97-uuuu, St Fin L

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Relates to establishing extended producer responsibility for electric and hybrid vehicle batteries; provides that no later than June 30, 2026 a producer shall submit a plan for the establishment of a collection program for electric or hybrid vehicle batteries; establishes the electric and hybrid vehicle batteries extended producer responsibility fund.

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BILL NOS05663 

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02/26/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5663

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 26, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance
 law, in relation to establishing extended producer responsibility for
 electric and hybrid vehicle batteries

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

 1 Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 2 by adding a new title 34 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 34
 4 EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR ELECTRIC AND HYBRID VEHICLE
 5 BATTERIES
 6 Section 27-3401. Definitions.
 7 27-3403. Disposal ban.
 8 27-3405. Producer plan.
 9 27-3407. Producer responsibilities.
 10 27-3409. Retailer requirements.
 11 27-3411. Department responsibilities.
 12 27-3413. Electric and hybrid vehicle batteries stewardship advi-
 13 sory board.
 14 27-3415. Post-consumer content requirements.
 15 27-3417. Penalties.
 16 27-3419. Rules and regulations.
 17 § 27-3401. Definitions.
 18 For the purpose of this title, the following terms shall have the
 19 following meanings:
 20 1. "Brand" means a name, symbol, word, or mark that attributes the
 21 product to the owner or licensee of the brand as the producer.
 22 2. "Closed-loop recycling" means recycling in which materials that are
 23 reclaimed are returned to the original process or processes in which
 24 they were generated and they are reused in the production process.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10315-01-5

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 1 3. "Collection program" or "program" means a program financed and
 2 implemented by producers, either individually, or through a represen-
 3 tative organization, that provides for, but is not limited to, the
 4 collection, transportation, reuse, recycling, proper end-of-life manage-
 5 ment, or an appropriate combination thereof, of discarded covered prod-
 6 uct.
 7 4. "Collection site" means a permanent location in the state at which
 8 discarded covered product may be returned by a consumer. Collection
 9 sites shall accept all types of covered product as defined by this title
 10 regardless of brand.
 11 5. "Consumer" means a person located in the state who purchases, owns,
 12 leases, or uses the covered product, including but not limited to an
 13 individual, a business, corporation, limited partnership, not-for-profit
 14 corporation, the state, a public corporation, public school, school
 15 district, private or parochial school, or board of cooperative educa-
 16 tional services or government entity.
 17 6. "Covered product" means a battery with the primary intended purpose
 18 to supply power to propel an electric or hybrid vehicle.
 19 7. "Discarded covered product" means covered product that a consumer
 20 has used and disposed of in the state and is no longer used for its
 21 manufactured purpose.
 22 8. "End-of-life" means the stage at which a covered product is no
 23 longer suitable for its primary intended purpose, such as powering a
 24 vehicle, and may be evaluated for potential repurposing or recycling.
 25 9. "Energy recovery" means the process by w