New York S 9321: Relates to the effectiveness of authorized sweepstakes with respect to subscriptions to "The Conservationist"

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S09321 Summary:

BILL NOS09321A

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SAME ASSAME AS A10305-A

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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Amd §32, Pub Serv L

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Establishes uniform definitions, standardized procedures, and uniform applications or forms, for determining a medical emergency, life-support equipment and designation of elderly, blind and disabled customers protected from termination of utility services.

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BILL NOS09321A

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02/27/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

04/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.867

04/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/05/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 9321A

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9321--A
 Cal. No. 867

 IN SENATE

 February 27, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
 and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
 reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to protections
 against termination of residential utility service in cases of medical
 emergencies, life-support equipment and elderly, blind or disabled
 customers

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 32 of the public service law, as
 2 added by chapter 713 of the laws of 1981, paragraph (a) as amended by
 3 chapter 382 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
 4 3. The commission shall safeguard from termination, or require resto-
 5 ration of service to, those residents who will suffer serious impair-
 6 ments to health or safety as a result of such termination or failure to
 7 restore services[. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to:
 8 (a) Medical emergencies. The commission shall require the continuation
 9 or restoration of utility service to a customer's residence where a
 10 medical emergency exists. The commission shall provide for written
 11 certification by a medical doctor, nurse practitioner or local board of
 12 health that termination of service or failure to restore service will
 13 aggravate an existing medical emergency at a customer's residence,
 14 provided that the commission may authorize an initial certification by
 15 telephone if written certification is provided within five business
 16 days. The commission shall provide for the duration, form, content and
 17 renewal of written certificates. With respect to the renewal of written
 18 certificates, the commission may require the customer to demonstrate an
 19 inability to pay charges for service. The commission shall, in consulta-
 20 tion with the departments of health and social services and the office
 21 for the aging, establish criteria to be used by a medical doctor, nurse
 22 practitioner or local board of health in making a determination that a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14906-03-6

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 1 medical emergency exists or that the absence of service will aggravate
 2 an existing medical emergency.
 3 (b) Customers who are elderly, blind, or disabled. The commission
 4 shall provide special procedures to be followed by a utility or munici-
 5 pality with respect to the termination or restoration of service to a
 6 residence where the customer is known to or identified to the utility to
 7 be blind, disabled, or sixty-two years of age or older; provided that
 8 all the remaining residents of the household are sixty-two years of age
 9 or older, eighteen years of age or under, or blind or disabled. The
 10 commission shall afford reasonable protections to elderly, blind or
 11 disabled customers, including a requirement that the utility corporation
 12 or municipality make a diligent effort to contact by telephone or in
 13 person an adult resident at the customer's premises at least sevent