New York S 3356: Directs the division of housing and community renewal to study non-rental fees charged by landlords

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S03356 Summary:

BILL NOS03356A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00482-A

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§585 & 586, Pub Health L

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Enacts the lab services accessibility act.

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BILL NOS03356A

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01/27/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/05/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

05/05/2025PRINT NUMBER 3356A

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1085

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/06/2025PASSED SENATE

06/06/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/06/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.806

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/28/2026PASSED SENATE

04/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/28/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3356--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the lab
 services accessibility act

 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 "lab services accessibility act".
 3 § 2. Section 585 of the public health law, as added by chapter 803 of
 4 the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 585. Definitions. Whenever used in this title:
 6 1. "Health services purveyor" means any person, firm, partnership,
 7 group, association, corporation or professional corporation, or any
 8 agent, employee, fiduciary, employer or representative thereof, includ-
 9 ing but not limited to a physician, dentist, podiatrist or chiropractor,
 10 either in individual practice, group practice or employed in a facility
 11 owned by any person, group, association, firm, partnership or corpo-
 12 ration hiring any of the aforementioned practitioners, who provide
 13 health or health related services.
 14 2. "Clinical laboratory" shall have the same meaning as is set forth
 15 in subdivision one of section five hundred seventy-one of this article.
 16 3. "Health services facilitator" means any person, firm, partnership,
 17 group, association, nonprofit corporation, business corporation, profes-
 18 sional corporation, limited liability company, or any agent, employee,
 19 fiduciary, employer or representative thereof, that assists in facili-
 20 tating the provision of health related services, including, but not
 21 limited to, participation in the initiation, coordination, payment,
 22 delivery, or follow-up of such health related services.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02536-03-5

 S. 3356--A 2

 1 4. "Public health program" shall mean an initiative under which the
 2 clinical laboratory services are performed in relation to any procedure,
 3 test, assay, or diagnostic where one of the following applies:
 4 (a) it is supported by public health funds, grants, or awards; or
 5 (b) it is reasonably expected to respond to a public health need
 6 recognized by law, regulation, the department, or other applicable guid-
 7 ance, including, but not limited to:
 8 (i) testing with a heightened need for confidentiality, including, but
 9 not limited to, testing related to: (1) a termination of pregnancy, (2)
 10 a sexually transmittable infection, (3) antiretroviral preexposure
 11 prophylaxis (PrEP) or postexposure prophylaxis (PEP); and (4) drug abuse
 12 screening;
 13 (ii) testing recommended by the federal centers for disease control
 14 and prevention guidelines;
 15 (iii) testing with a grade "A" or "B" recommended by the United States
 16 preventative service task force;
 17 (iv) testing provided to advance access to healthcare and improve
 18 patient outcomes for underserved, vulner