New York A 10385: Relates to determining whether the state can claim federal financial participation for coverage of and payment for certain prescription digital therapeutics

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A10385 Summary:

BILL NOA10385 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORShimsky

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COSPNSRLee, Burdick, Colton

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§17-158 & 8-110, amd §§17-110 & 17-130, El L; amd §265.01-e, Pen L

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Prohibits the enforcement of federal immigration laws while within two hundred feet of specified voting locations; extends the prohibition on electioneering activities to within two hundred feet of the specified voting location; authorizes a county elections official to extend the time for closing the polls at any polling place if the county elections official determines that voting at the polling place was disrupted as a result of a violation of the prohibitions on enforcement of federal immigration laws or electioneering; limits the exceptions to the prohibition on carrying firearms in a sensitive location; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

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BILL NOA10385 

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03/03/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10385

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to protection of the voter
 franchise; to amend the penal law, in relation to the carrying of
 firearms in sensitive locations; and providing for the repeal of such
 provisions upon expiration thereof

 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 "Protect
 2 Our Polls (P.O.P.) Act".
 3 § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 17-158 to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 17-158. Vote disruption; immigration enforcement. 1. No person shall
 6 perform or conspire to perform any act for the purpose of, or in furth-
 7 erance of, the enforcement of federal immigration laws while within two
 8 hundred feet of any polling place, county elections office, location
 9 designated by a county elections officer as an official polling place,
 10 or location at which ballots are being counted, canvassed, audited,
 11 certified, or recounted.
 12 2. For purposes of this section, the two hundred feet distance shall
 13 be deemed to include a two hundred foot radial measured from the
 14 entrances, designated by the inspectors of elections, to a building
 15 where the election or registration is being held, or measured from an
 16 outdoor site, designated by the inspectors of elections, including a
 17 curbside area, at which a voter may drop off a mail-in ballot.
 18 3. A violation of this section or of subdivision four of section
 19 17-130 of this title shall be a misdemeanor pursuant to section 17-110
 20 and/or 17-130 of this title, as applicable.
 21 4. (a) Any aggrieved person, organization whose membership includes
 22 aggrieved persons or members of a protected class, organization whose
 23 mission, in whole or in part, is to ensure voting access and such
 24 mission would be hindered by a violation of this section, or the attor-
 25 ney general may file an action pursuant to this section in the supreme

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14971-02-6

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 1 court of the county in which the alleged violation of this section
 2 occurred.
 3 (b) Upon a finding of a violation of the provisions of this section,
 4 the court shall implement appropriate remedies that are tailored to
 5 remedy the violation, including but not limited to providing for addi-
 6 tional time to cast a ballot that may be counted in the election at
 7 issue. Any party who shall violate any of the provisions of this section
 8 or who shall aid the violation of any of said provisions shall be liable
 9 to any prevailing plaintiff party for damages, including nominal damages
 10 for any violation, and compensatory or punitive damages for any inten-
 11 tional violation. Damages recovered by the attorney general shall be
 12 deposited into the general fund.
 13 § 3