Standing Committee on Health

On Monday, March 1, the Assembly Health Committee advanced several bills to improve patient safety, accountability, and quality of care in nursing homes.These are part of an Assembly package of nursing home reform bills, including additional legislation...

Yesterday both houses of the Legislature passed and the Governor signed legislation to immediately provide all New Yorkers with sick leave during the coronavirus pandemic. I cosponsored the bill, A.10153/S.8091, which was introduced by Assembly Member...

The Assembly Health Committee reported 57 bills at its first three meetings of the year. Several of these were “chapter amendments,” which are new bills making minor changes agreed to as a condition of the Governor signing previous bills.The...

Sixty-eight bills approved by the Assembly Health Committee passed both the Assembly and Senate this year.Bills passed by both Houses include:The Health Committee also held hearings this spring on rural health care access and the New York Health Act single-payer...

Sixty-eight bills approved by the Assembly Health Committee passed both the Assembly and Senate this year.Bills passed by both Houses include:The Health Committee also held hearings this spring on rural health care access and the New York Health Act single-payer...

New York, NY – Today, Decrim NY and legislators unveiled Stop Violence in the Sex Trades Act, a package bill to decriminalize and decarcerate the sex trades in New York. It is the first statewide bill of its kind in the nation's...

"It is startling that months into the worst public health crisis our City has ever faced, the de Blasio administration is undertaking a bureaucratic reshuffling that creates new and unnecessary obstacles for the critical, complicated and sensitive work...