Bills Pending New York Senate Higher Education Committee

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NYS02387Intro
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Permits persons 65 years of age or over to enroll in a limited number of state university and city university courses for credit without tuition.
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2025-01-17
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NYS02424Intro
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Establishes the community college merit and mobility scholarship for the purpose of granting merit based scholarships to students who attend a New York state community college; provides for eligibility and awards.
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2025-01-17
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NYS02360Intro
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Relates to supervision by certain nurse practitioners; makes certain provisions permanent relating to nurse practitioners.
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2025-01-16
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NYS02314Intro
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Extends tuition free course benefits to volunteer firefighters or voluntary ambulance workers; authorizes the board of trustees of the state university to regulate the conferral of such benefits.
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2025-01-16
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NYS02302Intro
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Establishes certification procedures for the profession of nurse anesthesia; provides for the issuance of a certification to practice as a certified registered nurse anesthetist upon the filing of an application, having a license as a registered prof...
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2025-01-16
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NYS02237Intro
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Enacts the "fair college admissions act"; prohibits legacy admissions policies at colleges and universities in New York; declares such policies and practices to be discriminatory and inequitable.
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2025-01-16
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NYS02247Intro
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Renames the state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning to the Leonard P. Stavisky student success grants; requires certain institutions and colleges to submit a report on the use of the state aid apportionment received includin...
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2025-01-16
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NYS02286Intro
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Establishes a Black Leadership Institute within the state university of New York as an initiative for Black leaders in higher education with a mission to retain and grow from within SUNY a greater proportion of Black professionals at SUNY campuses; c...
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2025-01-16
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NYS02274Intro
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Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.
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2025-01-16
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NYS00045Intro
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Requires applicants for certain nursing licenses and certifications to complete a course in the prevention of human trafficking; directs the commissioners of education and health to develop such training and regulations; directs that certain forfeite...
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2025-01-16
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NYS02285Intro
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Requires the establishment of a composting program at the state university of New York, the city university of New York and institutions subject to the jurisdiction of SUNY or CUNY.
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2025-01-16
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NYS02046Intro
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Establishes the mental health educational opportunity program and the mental health higher educational opportunity program to provide additional educational opportunities for students at certain universities and colleges in the state to enroll in aca...
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2025-01-15
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NYS02058Intro
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Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York offering in-person student instruction to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase.
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2025-01-15
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NYS02049Intro
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Enacts "new deal for SUNY: the New York state higher education equality act" to provide free tuition to students who attend SUNY who are enrolled in academic coursework and are on track to graduate; establishes the state university tuition fund to re...
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2025-01-15
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NYS02059Intro
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Directs the boards of trustees of SUNY and CUNY to create a free or reduced meal plan to aid students whose household incomes are below the federal poverty line, students participating in educational opportunity programs under section three hundred f...
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2025-01-15
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NYS02148Intro
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Establishes the New York state violence in mass media research program to study the effects of mass media reporting on violent crimes.
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2025-01-15
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NYS01954Intro
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Enacts "the combating campus antisemitism act"; prohibits the granting of tuition assistance awards to any student who has knowingly engaged in promoting antisemitism in a manner that is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and i...
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2025-01-14
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NYS01834Intro
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Relates to certain licensing exemptions for landscape architects.
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2025-01-14
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NYS01808Intro
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Relates to the licensing of sign language interpreters; creates a state board for sign language interpreting.
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2025-01-14
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NYS01836Intro
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Prohibits the awarding of TAP grants to those enrolled at for-profit universities.
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2025-01-14
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NYS01732Intro
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Relates to increasing the phase-out threshold for tuition assistance program awards from seven thousand dollars to eighteen thousand dollars.
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2025-01-13
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NYS01740Intro
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Requires pharmacies to provide prescription drug readers or other means of access to individuals who disclose they have difficulty seeing or reading standard print labels on prescription drug containers; defines "prescription drug reader" to mean a d...
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2025-01-13
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NYS00036Intro
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Permits prescription labels for mifepristone, misoprostol, and their generic alternatives to include the name of the prescribing health care practice instead of the name of the prescriber at the prescriber's request.
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2025-01-13
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NYS01752Intro
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Enacts the "dismantling student antisemitism act", or "DSA act"; requires mandatory sensitivity training that includes the topic of antisemitism; includes reporting requirements regarding antisemitism complaints and disciplinary processes.
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2025-01-13
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NYS01795Intro
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Relates to the substitution of brand name epinephrine auto-injectors with alternate epinephrine auto-injectors in certain cases.
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2025-01-13
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NYS01703Intro
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Authorizes pharmacists to administer injections for contraceptive use.
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2025-01-13
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NYS01717Intro
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Removes limits on the duration of treatment by a licensed physical therapist when a patient does not have a referral.
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2025-01-13
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NYS01505Intro
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Enacts the interstate medical licensure compact; provides a streamlined process that allows physicians to become licensed in multiple participating states, thereby enhancing the portability of a medical license and ensuring the safety of patients.
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2025-01-10
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NYS01498Intro
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Relates to the criteria for determining tuition assistance program awards; provides for the elimination of the distinction between dependent students and independent students for the purpose of determining tuition assistance program award amounts and...
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2025-01-10
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NYS01476Intro
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Requires certain health care providers to disclose the fact that the provider is on probation to current and new patients.
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2025-01-10
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NYS01421Intro
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Requires SUNY and CUNY campuses to hire energy management, materials management, and sustainability education and engagement employees at each SUNY and CUNY campus in numbers proportionate to campus size.
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2025-01-09
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NYS01277Intro
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Provides for loan forgiveness for mental health nurses that make a commitment to practice in a "rural" tract or county.
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2025-01-09
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NYS01271Intro
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Relates to requiring a licensed massage therapist to display such licensed massage therapist's license when practicing and the required contents of such license, including at a minimum the licensee's name, license number and a non-removable photograp...
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2025-01-09
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NYS01268Intro
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Prohibits state funding of any degree-granting institution of higher education if such institution permits terrorist organizations or activities in support of such organizations on campus; prohibits any student group or organization of receiving fund...
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2025-01-09
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NYS01014Intro
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Requires coursework in the area of diversity, equity and inclusion as part of continuing education requirements for the profession of psychology.
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2025-01-08
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NYS00881Intro
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Requires the city university of New York and state university of New York have education programs for prospective teachers, administrators, and counselors for teaching immigrant-origin students that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion, and is mu...
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2025-01-08
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NYS00977Intro
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Allows withdrawals from family tuition accounts to pay for treatment of substance use disorder, including detoxification and rehabilitation for the designated beneficiary.
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2025-01-08
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NYS01017Intro
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Provides that each state and city college or university assign a personal identification number to each application for acceptance to be used during the admissions process in place of any other identifying information including names and addresses.
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2025-01-08
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NYS00610Intro
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Relates to the registration of new curricula or programs of study offered by a not-for-profit college or university; provides for the procedures to have such curricula or programs of study approved by the department of education.
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2025-01-08
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NYS00607Intro
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Provides for the licensure of dietitian nutritionists and nutritionists; defines the practice thereof.
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2025-01-08
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NYS00388Intro
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Amends the New York state college choice tuition savings program to have the program also apply to elementary and secondary schools.
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2025-01-08
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NYS00484Intro
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Establishes the rural teacher education loan repayment program in the education department which provides payment for the undergraduate and graduate education loans of teachers in rural school districts who agree to teach in rural areas for at least ...
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2025-01-08
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NYS00216Intro
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Extends scholarship eligibility for certain scholarships to students who have a certificate of graduation from a recognized high school within New York state from the two thousand thirteen--fourteen school year or after, or the recognized equivalent ...
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2025-01-08
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NYS00078Intro
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Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary and graduate schools to provide written notice to all students of the institution's tuition liability policy.
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2025-01-08
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NYS01234Intro
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Relates to the membership of the board of trustees of the state university of New York; reduces the number of trustees appointed by the governor from fifteen to ten; adds one trustee appointment by the speaker of the assembly, one by the temporary pr...
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2025-01-08
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NYS00687Intro
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Establishes the transitional pathway program for students in higher education at SUNY and CUNY schools with autism spectrum disorder to encourage accessibility and inclusivity in higher education for students with autism spectrum disorder; makes rela...
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2025-01-08
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NYS00911Intro
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Requires diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias training for physicians, physician assistants and nurses as part of continuing medical education requirements; establishes such training shall be a biennial requirement.
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2025-01-08
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NYS01040Intro
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Requires that the state university of New York's board of trustees shall adopt a policy requiring all state university of New York, city university of New York, college, and community college campuses that offer membership programs to the general pub...
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2025-01-08
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NYS00988Intro
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Repeals the requirement that applicants must pass an examination in order to qualify as a licensed master social worker.
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2025-01-08
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NYS01024Intro
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Provides that certain persons who are not residents of the state but who have resided in the state for a certain period of time and meet certain criteria shall be eligible for in-state tuition rates.
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2025-01-08
To Senate Higher Education Committee
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