Laws & Regulations

S.7506-B/A.9506-B (Part J): Amends the Labor Law to require that every employer provide sick leave, either paid or unpaid depending on size of business, to employees.

A. 9505-B/S.7505-B (Part XX (s)): Amends law enacted in 2019 (S.2279-A/A.1204-A) regarding no-cost HIV post-exposure prophylaxis by limiting eligibility for the full regimen of drugs to those under the age of 18 and providing for a seven-day starter pack for adults.

A. 9505-B/S.7505-B (Part XX (J)): Provides for periodic consultation with veterans’ services to ensure needs of aging veterans are being met; authorizes public education campaign emphasizing zero tolerance for elder abuse and containing information about signs and symptoms, causes, reporting options, and resources; and authorizes creation and provision of a training program for designated agencies regarding LGBQ/TG/GNC older adults – their unique barriers and needs for services, reasons they may not self-identify; and tools that may be used to incorporate these perspectives into direct care, and other steps that may be taken in order to improve quality of services.

A. 9505-B/S.7505-B (Part XX (A)): Amends the “Safe Way Home Act” of 2019 (S.3966-A/A.5775-A) by repealing the Executive Law section requiring OVS to pay expenses incurred in transporting victims of sexual offenses home from hospitals after sexual assault examinations, and amending the relevant Public Health Law sections to require that a rape crisis or victim services organization providing victim assistance within the geographic area served by the hospital provide such transportation within the organization’s service area at no cost to victims.

A. 9505-B/S.7505-B (Part Q): Requires prosecution to file notice for certain misdemeanor crimes alleging that defendant and victim were members of same family or household and specifying the nature of the relationship.

A. 9505-B/S.7505-B (Part N): Changes the definition of “serious offense” in relation to determining whether certain misdemeanor crimes are serious offenses under the Penal Law.

A. 9505-B/S.7505-B (Part M): Allows police responding to a family offense to take temporary custody of any firearm (and related license) that is in plain sight or discovered pursuant to a lawful search; and requires a police officer to take temporary custody of any weapon (and related license) in possession of a person arrested for, or suspected of, committing a family offense. 

A. 9505-B/S. 7505-B (§19 of Part A): Extends for one more year, until September 1, 2021, the increased maximum length of criminal court orders of protection.

A. 9505-B/S. 7505-B (§18 of Part A): Extends until September 1, 2021, the provision that allows vulnerable child witnesses to testify via closed-circuit television in cases involving sex crimes - a provision established in 1985.

A. 9505-B/S. 7505-B (§17 of Part A): Extends the mandatory arrest provision for family offenses for one more year, until September 1, 2021.