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Phara Souffrant Forrest

Assembly District 57

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Prime-Sponsored Legislation:

A00820Relates to crimes committed during periods of post-release supervision
A00821Relates to the persons authorized to visit facilities operated by the department of social services or a social services district and homeless projects
A00829Excludes unemployment compensation from state income tax
A00832Relates to requiring at least a ratio of one clinical, non-student mental health staff member per one thousand students on all SUNY and CUNY campuses
A00861Relates to services available to immigrants residing in certain family and adult shelter facilities
A00864Establishes an immigrant integration advisory board for each economic development region
A00865Requires the appointment of an independent fiduciary upon the dissolution of a charter school
A00875Requires public agencies to establish preliminary license application procedures to determine whether an applicant for a license would be ineligible for such license based on criminal history
A00890Enacts "SUNY for all: the New York State higher education equality act" to provide free tuition to students who attend SUNY
A00892Requires employers to provide paid vacation time
A00895Requires insurance to cover a car seat to be provided upon discharge of a newborn from a hospital
A00911Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations
A01119Relates to the transparency and quality of care of operators of adult care facilities
A01261Protects the rights of people in prisons, jails and forensic facilities
A01394Creates a joint committee to provide oversight on unemployment insurance
A01399Increase the amount of family leave time that may be taken in a year
A01428Requires insurers to cover the substitution of a brand name prescription drug when the federal food and drug administration has declared that there is a supply issue with a generic drug
A01430Prohibits the sale of medical adhesives and bandages containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances
A01603Relates to succession rights for rent stabilized housing
A02100Grants public access to employer lactation rooms under certain circumstances
A02108Exempts baby bottles and bottle nipples from sales and compensating use tax
A02111Requires suicide prevention hotline centers to meet certain requirements for individuals who are in the perinatal period
A02147Exempts breast pumps and breast pump kits from sales and compensating use taxes
A02148Exempts infant car seats from sales and compensating use tax
A02692Establishes a working group to create a pilot program for an alternative system to a credit score
A02698Establishes an awareness campaign on the use of hormone replacement therapy in treating the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause
A03251Enacts "Cecilia's act for rights in the sex trades" relating to the decriminalization of sex work; repealer
A03842Establishes the insure our communities act
A03926Relates to enacting the medical civil rights act
A03962Requires the commissioner of health to conduct a study considering banning private equity ownership in hospice care
A03974Creates the office of the ombudsperson for behavioral health access
A03983Establishes the freedom to rally and engage equitably (FREE) act
A03989Requires state agencies to develop plans for new Americans
A03991Establishes requirements for the use of artificial intelligence, algorithm, or other software tools in utilization review and management
A03993Prohibits discrimination through the use of clinical algorithms
A03998Relates to employee access to lactation rooms in the workplace
A04018Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act to require hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program
A04666Requires a local social services district to accept or deny an application for public assistance no later than thirty days after the date of the application; repealer
A04715Establishes the nurse loan repayment program
A04869Relates to judicial diversion programs; repealer
A05361Relates to access to and signage for lactation rooms in public buildings
A05416Relates to enacting the "books save lives act"
A05420Requires menstrual products to be provided in drop-in centers, intake shelters and emergency congregate housing
A05423Establishes a four-day workweek pilot program for state employees
A05452Prohibits imprisonment for sleeping or camping in public spaces
A05454Establishes the New York smart work week pilot program to promote, incentivize and support the use of a four-day work week by qualifying employers and to study the benefits and impacts of such work arrangements
A05470Establishes the rapid employment assistance and counseling hub (REACH) program to dispatch a mobile unit to provide information, assistance and other services concerning unemployment compensation insurance
A05485Provides that local state of emergency orders issued by a chief executive of a county, city, town or village shall not violate section 291 of the executive law providing equality of opportunity of a civil right
A05537Relates to licensing consumer debt collectors
A05549Doubles the empire state child credit for young children
A05553Establishes the New York state nursing faculty scholarship incentive program
A05635Relates to requiring telephones capable of making local and long-distance telephone calls be in every nursing home patient's room
A05830Requires health insurers to provide coverage for diagnosis and treatment of fibroids
A05831Relates to providing for taxpayer gifts for uterine fibroids education and establishes the uterine fibroids education fund
A05889Relates to enacting the worker healthcare protection act
A05913Clarifies the meaning of actively seeking work for purposes of unemployment benefits
A06560Relates to the transfer, acceptance, or purchase of military weapons from the United States government
A06606Establishes protections for the rights of pregnant and parenting students in schools
A07015Relates to parole eligibility for crimes committed at age twenty-one or younger
A07953Provides for coverage of screenings for elevated lead levels
A08049Provides that certain persons who are not residents of the state but who have resided in the state for a certain period of time shall be eligible for in-state tuition rates

Prime-Sponsored Legislation, Introduced by Rules on Behalf of the Member:
There are no bills of this type.

Co-Sponsored Legislation:
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Co-Sponsored Legislation, Introduced by Rules on Behalf of the Member:
There are no bills of this type.

Multi-Sponsored Legislation:
A00106   A00108   A01032   A01507   A04263   A04558  

Multi-Sponsored Legislation, Introduced by Rules on Behalf of the Member:
There are no bills of this type.

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