New York State Senator

Nathalia Fernandez 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 51)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03051

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Authorizes the commissioner of the office of mental health, and the office of addiction services and support to jointly establish a single set of licensing standards and requirements for the construction, operation, reporting and surveillance of integrated behavioral health services.
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New York Senate Bill S03048

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Relates to the confidentiality and expungement of records in juvenile delinquency cases in the family court; requires certain records to be expunged automatically.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03049

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Prohibits the use of weaponized robots, non-weaponized robots which may potentially cause injury, or robots being used for surveillance purposes by police agencies.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04476

Introduced
2/5/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Relates to decreasing the length of the suspension period applicable to certain individuals who lose their jobs due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, and who seek to obtain unemployment insurance benefits; decreases the suspension period from two consecutive weeks to one week; provides that the waiting period and suspension period shall be served concurrently.
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New York Senate Bill S04465

Introduced
2/5/25  
Refer
2/5/25  
Restricts consecutive hours of work for health care workers except in the case of certain emergencies and surgical procedures.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06225

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
3/10/26  
Engrossed
5/28/26  
Requires inspections of child day care homes, programs and facilities include the full premises; requires providers of a family day care home or group family day care home to disclose to the office of children and family services all persons who reside in the home where child day care is being provided; requires all providers of child day care to receive training for, provide and maintain onsite opioid antagonists for use during emergencies.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill J00466

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Buffalo Zoo
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New York Senate Bill S06230

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Allows camp employees to administer medications and treatment to children, under parent or guardian consent and authorization, pursuant to a patient specific order and in compliance with regulations.
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New York Senate Bill S06234

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Establishes the Cannabis Community Reinvestment Act; includes requirements for cannabis operators; includes the obligation to reinvest in communities disproportionately impacted by cannabis prohibition including, if applicable, the community such operator is located in; provides for the review of reinvestment plans by the department of financial services.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06260

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Relates to motions to vacate judgment; authorizes filing motions to vacate judgment due to a change in law; authorizes motions to vacate judgment to be filed at any time after entry of a judgment obtained at trial or by plea; relates to the requirements of discovery.
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New York Senate Bill J00484

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
3/11/25  
Mourning the death of Michael Harmon and Jordan Celotto, beloved artists and advocates, and devoted members of their community
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06266

Introduced
3/7/25  
Refer
3/7/25  
Report Pass
5/13/25  
Engrossed
6/12/25  
Refer
6/12/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Establishes a quality incentive program for managed care providers that is distributed based on managed care providers' performance in meeting quality objectives.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03056

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Relates to the continuity of family planning services in the state; establishes a family planning program in the department of health to ensure the continuity of family planning services in the state; covers family planning providers who lost eligibility for federal funding under Title X of the Federal Public Health Service Act.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S03058

Introduced
1/23/25  
Refer
1/23/25  
Requires nightlife establishments, sporting or event centers, theaters, concert venues, and amusement parks maintain a supply of opioid antagonists.
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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06217

Introduced
3/6/25  
Refer
3/6/25  
Engrossed
6/4/25  
Refer
6/4/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/4/26  
Allows for treatment costing less than $1,500 to be done without prior approval, and more clearly defines the list of "pre-authorized procedures" as a floor on treatment as opposed to its current status as a ceiling; allows non-network providers of testing to be compensated at the provider network rate negotiated by the carrier.