New York A 8389: Relates to the registration of new curricula or programs of study offered by a not-for-profit college or university

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A08389 Summary:

BILL NOA08389B

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBurroughs

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COSPNSRChandler-Waterman, Jackson, Weprin, Zinerman, Taylor, Hooks

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §240, rpld §240 sub 1-b ¶(b) sub¶ 4, ¶(b) sub¶ 5 cl (iv) subcls (B) & (C), Dom Rel L; amd §111-i, Soc
Serv L; amd §§413, 454, 461 & 115, rpld §413 sub 1 ¶(b) sub¶ 4, sub¶ 5 cl (iv) subcls (B) & (C), §454 sub 2
¶¶(e) & (f), §§458-a & 458-b, Fam Ct Act; amd §510, V & T L; amd §119, ABC L; amd §§6509-b & 6509-c, Ed L;
amd §90, Judy L; amd §441-c, RP L

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Enacts the "family reform act"; provides that child support amounts shall be calculated based on the non-custodial parent's income; excludes health insurance costs and federal and state income taxes paid from the calculation of income for child support calculation purposes; decreases the amount of time courts can imprison an individual for the non-payment of child support; requires courts to collect certain demographic information in relation to orders of child support issued, modified or enforced and publish a report on such information; makes related provisions.

Go to top A08389 Actions:

BILL NOA08389B

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05/13/2025referred to judiciary

05/29/2025amend and recommit to judiciary

05/29/2025print number 8389a

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

02/27/2026amend (t) and recommit to judiciary

02/27/2026print number 8389b

04/20/2026enacting clause stricken

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Go to topA08389 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8389--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 13, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BURROUGHS, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, JACKSON, WEPRIN,
 ZINERMAN, TAYLOR, HOOKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the
 Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, the social services law, the
 family court act, the vehicle and traffic law, the alcoholic beverage
 control law, the education law, the judiciary law and the real proper-
 ty law, in relation to enacting the "family reform act"; and to repeal
 certain provisions of the domestic relations law and the family court
 act relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "family
 2 reform act".
 3 § 2. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 240
 4 of the domestic relations law, as added by chapter 215 of the laws of
 5 2009, is amended to read as follows:
 6 (3) When the person on whose behalf the petition is brought is a child
 7 in accordance with paragraph (c) of this subdivision, health insurance
 8 benefits shall be considered "reasonable in cost" if the cost of health
 9 insurance benefits does not exceed five percent of [the combined
 10 parental] either parent's gross income. The cost of health insurance
 11 benefits shall refer to the cost of the premium and deductible attribut-
 12 able to adding the child or children to existing coverage or the differ-
 13 ence between such costs for self-only and family coverage. Provided,
 14 however, the presumption that the health insurance benefits are reason-
 15 able in cost may be rebutted upon a finding that the cost is unjust or
 16 inappropriate which finding shall be based on the circumstances of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11275-07-6

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 1 case, the cost and comprehensiveness of the health insurance benefits
 2 for which the child or children may otherwise be eligible, and the best
 3 interests of the child or children. In no instance shall health insur-
 4 ance benefits be considered "reasonable in cost" if a parent's share of
 5 the cost of