New York A 3119: Relates to creating the chemical dependence treatment bill of rights to be posted in a conspicuous place in all treatment facilities

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A03119 Summary:

BILL NOA03119B

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SAME ASSAME AS S01100-A

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SPONSORKelles

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COSPNSRSeawright, Eachus, Simon, Levenberg, Griffin, Paulin, Hevesi, Gonzalez-Rojas, Romero, Reyes, Raga,
 Epstein, Davila, Shimsky, Shrestha, McMahon, Magnarelli, Lunsford, Otis, Forrest, Solages, Conrad,
 Schiavoni, Sayegh, Kassay, Kay, Carroll P, Bronson, Burdick, Wright, Bores

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §254, Ed L

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Ensures that library staff of free association, public, and hospital libraries, and with certain advice, Indian libraries, are able to develop collections, services, and programming that reflect the values and protections established under the human rights law and the equal rights amendment to the state constitution.

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BILL NOA03119B

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01/23/2025referred to libraries and education technology

05/23/2025amend (t) and recommit to libraries and education technology

05/23/2025print number 3119a

06/09/2025amend (t) and recommit to libraries and education technology

06/09/2025print number 3119b

01/07/2026referred to libraries and education technology

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3119--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES, SEAWRIGHT, EACHUS, SIMON, LEVENBERG,
 GRIFFIN, PAULIN, HEVESI, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, ROMERO, REYES, RAGA, EPSTEIN,
 DAVILA, SHIMSKY, SHRESTHA, McMAHON, MAGNARELLI, LUNSFORD, OTIS,
 FORREST, SOLAGES, CONRAD -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Libraries and Education Technology -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring certain
 libraries to adopt policies ensuring that library staff are able to
 curate and develop collections, services, and programming that reflect
 the values and protections established under the human rights law and
 the equal rights amendment to the state constitution

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "open shelves act".
 3 § 2. Legislative intent. It is the sense of the legislature that
 4 public libraries are essential to ensuring broad access to information,
 5 fostering informed citizenship, intellectual exploration, and imagina-
 6 tion. By ensuring that library collections, services, and programming
 7 reflect diverse experiences and perspectives, the legislature seeks to
 8 maintain libraries as spaces where all members of the community can
 9 engage with the marketplace of ideas, promoting open access to informa-
 10 tion and points of view. Librarians are professionals trained to curate
 11 robust collections that serve the full spectrum of their communities,
 12 and this legislation affirms the state's trust in their ability to do
 13 so.
 14 § 3. Section 254 of the education law, as amended by chapter 718 of
 15 the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00089-07-5

 A. 3119--B 2

 1 § 254. Standards of library service. 1. The regents shall have power
 2 to fix standards of library service for every free association, public
 3 and hospital library or, with the advice of the appropriate tribal
 4 government and library board of trustees, Indian library which receives
 5 any portion of the moneys appropriated by the state to aid such
 6 libraries, or which is supported in whole or in part by tax levied by
 7 any municipality or district. In the case of a hospital library or a
 8 library serving a hospital, such standards shall be established in
 9 consultation with the commissioner of health. If any such library shall
 10 fail to comply with the regents requirements, such library shall not
 11 receive any portion of the moneys appropriated by the state for free,
 12 hospital o