New York State Senator

Samra Brouk 2025-2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 23)

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08290

Introduced
5/30/25  
Refer
5/30/25  
Relates to establishing an early intervention loan repayment program; provides funding is to be awarded regionally with 50% percent awarded to providers with a principal residence within NYC and the remaining fifty percent awarded to providers outside of NYC; provides that awards shall be given to providers who work in underserved areas for 3 consecutive years; provides loans shall be paid over a 3 year period; provides that a working group shall be established within 90 days to develop plans for the streamlined loan repayment program application process.
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New York Senate Bill J00738

Introduced
4/3/25  
Refer
4/3/25  
Report Pass
4/8/25  
Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim May 6, 2025, as Queens Day in the State of New York
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New York Senate Bill S01615

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Engrossed
2/25/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
3/9/26  
Prohibits naming dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian in petitions to recover possession of real property and eviction warrants; seals any records pertaining to dependent children under the age of 18 living in the same household with a parent or guardian who were residing on or removed from such property.
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New York Senate Bill S01634

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Engrossed
6/11/25  
Refer
6/11/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
5/28/26  
Requires health care plans and payors to have a minimum of twelve and one-half percent of their total expenditures on physical and mental health annually be for primary care services.
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New York Senate Bill S01618

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Report Pass
1/21/25  
Engrossed
5/20/25  
Refer
5/20/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Report Pass
2/4/26  
Engrossed
2/24/26  
Enacts the "New York affordable drug manufacturing act" to direct the commissioner of health to enter into partnerships to increase competition, lower prices, and address shortages in the market for generic prescription drugs, to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for public and private purchasers, taxpayers, and consumers, and to increase patient access to affordable drugs.
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New York Senate Bill S01670

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Requires insurance coverage for lactation support services by a certified lactation consultant who evaluate and manage lactation and infant feeding problems and provide preventative clinical consulting to prevent or minimize the occurrence of potential problems.
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New York Senate Bill S01622

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Imposes a progressive income tax structure for high income taxpayers.
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New York Senate Bill S01692

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Engrossed
5/22/25  
Refer
5/22/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions; provides that items for sale at a commissary or canteen shall be sold for no more than a certain percentage over the purchase price; provides that the department of corrections and community supervisions shall publish on its website the price list for all commissary items for sale at each institution as of June 1, 2026 and on an annual basis thereafter.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S08309

Introduced
5/30/25  
Refer
5/30/25  
Returns outpatient mental health, substance use disorder, residential and rehabilitation services to Medicaid fee-for-service.
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New York Senate Bill S08310

Introduced
5/30/25  
Refer
5/30/25  
Enacts the "forensic rehabilitation act" relating to the custody of individuals following a verdict or plea of not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect.
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New York Senate Bill S01715

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Establishes a hyperbaric oxygen therapy pilot program to treat veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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New York Senate Bill S01714

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Engrossed
4/2/25  
Refer
4/2/25  
Refer
1/7/26  
Engrossed
4/21/26  
Refer
4/22/26  
Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death on death certificates, autopsy reports, police reports or any report, policy or procedure by a public agency or contractor; defines excited delirium.
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New York Senate Bill S01712

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Provides medicaid coverage for the services and care of school psychologists.
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New York Senate Bill S01717

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Removes limits on the duration of treatment by a licensed physical therapist when a patient does not have a referral.
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New York Senate Bill S01711

Introduced
1/13/25  
Refer
1/13/25  
Requires every utility corporation to provide an expenditures and lobbying report by March 31, 2026 and every semi-annual period thereafter to the department of public service.