New York S 4697: Requires dental insurance plans to automatically carry over a portion of the enrollee's benefit amount for use in the succeeding year

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S04697 Summary:

BILL NOS04697 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04909

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §13.32, Pks & Rec L

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Creates the "Checkout NY" pass, a comprehensive pass that allows for free or discounted use of state parks, historic sites and recreational facilities; provides one such pass to each consolidated, federated and cooperative public library system within the state free of charge for circulation.

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BILL NOS04697 

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02/11/2025REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1219

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4697

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
 Parks and Recreation

 AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
 relation to creating the "Checkout NY" pass, a comprehensive pass that
 allows for free or discounted use of state parks, historic sites and
 recreational facilities, and provides one such pass to each consol-
 idated, federated and cooperative public library system within the
 state free of charge for circulation

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

 1 Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is
 2 amended by adding a new section 13.32 to read as follows:
 3 § 13.32 Checkout NY pass. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of
 4 law to the contrary, the office and all other state agencies having
 5 jurisdiction of a state park or recreational facility shall establish a
 6 Checkout NY pass which shall run from April first of each year to March
 7 thirty-first of the following year, entitling the holder thereof to
 8 admission without additional fee to any state park, historical site or
 9 recreational facility operated by the office or the department of envi-
 10 ronmental conservation or provides for discounts offered in comparison
 11 to other admission programs offered by the office. The annual fee for
 12 such pass shall be consistent with the fee schedule for each particular
 13 year established pursuant to section 13.15 of this article and shall be
 14 approved by the director of the budget.
 15 2. The office shall provide one such pass to each library which is
 16 part of a consolidated, federated and cooperative public library system
 17 within the state free of charge for circulation through a distribution
 18 process managed by the New York state library system. The office shall
 19 provide for a consolidated, federated, and cooperative library system,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09164-01-5

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 1 or the New York state library system to purchase additional passes for
 2 circulation.
 3 3. The office or other state agency having jurisdiction over a state
 4 park, historical site or recreational facility shall promulgate such
 5 rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
 6 this section.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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