MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 2:55 P.M.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE HOUSE WILL COME

TO ORDER.

IN THE ABSENCE OF CLERGY, LET US PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF

SILENCE.

(WHEREUPON, A MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS OBSERVED.)

VISITORS ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE

OF ALLEGIANCE.

(WHEREUPON, ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY LED VISITORS AND

MEMBERS IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.)

A QUORUM BEING PRESENT, THE CLERK WILL READ THE

JOURNAL OF SUNDAY, MARCH 24TH.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE TO

DISPENSE WITH THE FURTHER READING OF THE JOURNAL OF SUNDAY, MARCH

24TH AND ASK THAT THE SAME STAND APPROVED.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

ORDERED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

SPEAKER, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE TODAY'S QUOTE FOR MEMBERS,

FRIENDS AND STAFF THAT'S IN THE CHAMBER WITH US TODAY. IT IS FROM MAYA

ANGELOU AND IT BASICALLY SERVES TO BE MOTIVATIONAL. IT SAYS, "NEVER

MAKE SOMEONE A PRIORITY WHEN ALL YOU ARE TO THEM IS AN OPTION."

AGAIN, THAT'S BY THE VERY WISE MAYA ANGELOU.

WITH THAT, MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD SAY THAT MEMBERS

HAVE ON THEIR DESKS A MAIN CALENDAR WITH 16 NEW BILLS, STARTING WITH

CALENDAR NO. 147. AFTER ANY INTRODUCTIONS AND/OR HOUSEKEEPING, WE

WILL TAKE UP RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3 AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN TO CONSENT

THE NEW BILLS ON PAGE 4. FOR OUR MAJORITY MEMBERS, FOR SURE WE WILL

HAVE A DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE AT THE CONCLUSION OF TODAY'S SESSION

AND I DON'T BELIEVE OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE HAVE A

CONFERENCE, BUT WE WILL CONFIRM THAT LATER, MR. SPEAKER.

SO WITH THAT AS A GENERAL OUTLINE, IF YOU HAVE ANY

INTRODUCTIONS AND/OR HOUSEKEEPING, NOW WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE

TIME.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WE HAVE

HOUSEKEEPING, MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, ON A MOTION BY MR. BUCHWALD TO

RECONSIDER THE SUBSTITUTION OF SENATE BILL NO. S03145 FOR ASSEMBLY

BILL NO. A00112, SAID SENATE BILL IS RECOMMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE ON

ELECTION LAW, AND SAID ASSEMBLY BILL IS RESTORED TO ITS PLACE ON THE

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

THIRD ORDER READING.

AND ON A MOTION BY MR. BUCHWALD, PAGE 15,

CALENDAR NO. 123, BILL NO. A00112, THE AMENDMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND

ADOPTED. MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES -- THAT IS AN UN-SUB.

THE CLERK WILL READ. PAGE 4, CALENDAR NO. 147.

I'M SORRY. WE WILL GO TO RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE 3. THE

CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 77, MS.

SEAWRIGHT. LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS

ADOPTED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO. 202, MR.

MAGNARELLI. LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING GOVERNOR ANDREW

M. CUOMO TO PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 1-7, 2019, AS ENROLLED AGENT WEEK

IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE RESOLUTION, ALL

THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE RESOLUTION IS

ADOPTED.

NOW PAGE 3 [SIC], CALENDAR NO. 147.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00459-A, CALENDAR

NO. 147, PAULIN, MOSLEY, M.G. MILLER, CROUCH, GOTTFRIED. AN ACT TO

AMEND THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, IN RELATION

TO THE DEFINITION OF DESIGNATED OFFENDER.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE BILL IS LAID ASIDE.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A00838, CALENDAR NO.

148, HYNDMAN, ARROYO, D'URSO, EPSTEIN. AN ACT TO AMEND A CHAPTER

OF THE LAWS OF 2018 RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PILOT PROGRAM TO

PROVIDE JOB AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING TO YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN

ADJUDICATED JUVENILE DELINQUENTS OR JUVENILE OFFENDERS RESIDING IN A

FACILITY OVERSEEN BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, AS

PROPOSED IN LEGISLATIVE BILLS NUMBERS S.2084 AND A.2449, IN RELATION TO

MAKING CERTAIN PROVISIONS PERMANENT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

HYNDMAN, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS

ADVANCED. READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, THIS IS THE

FIRST VOTE OF THE DAY. I WOULD ASK COLLEAGUES IN AND AROUND THE

CHAMBERS TO PLEASE COME IN AND CAST YOUR VOTE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. FIRST VOTE

OF THE DAY, MEMBERS. IN YOUR SEATS, PLEASE VOTE NOW. IN THE SOUND OF

OUR VOICE, PLEASE COME IN AND CAST YOUR VOTE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01641, CALENDAR NO.

149, SEAWRIGHT, D'URSO, JACOBSON. AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTION LAW,

IN RELATION TO REQUIRING CAMPAIGN FINANCE INFORMATION OF CERTAIN

CANDIDATES OR COMMITTEES TO BE FILED ON AN ELECTRONIC REPORTING SYSTEM.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT DECEMBER

15TH, 2019.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MS. SEAWRIGHT TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

MS. SEAWRIGHT: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THIS

BILL WOULD REQUIRE ALL CAMPAIGN FINANCE FILINGS PURSUANT TO THE

ELECTION LAW TO BE FILED WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, SPECIFICALLY

ELIMINATING THE $1,000 FILING THRESHOLD AT THE STATE LEVEL. THIS BILL

RELIEVES DUPLICATE FILING REQUIREMENTS FOR POLITICAL COMMITTEES AND LIFTS

THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON THE LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THIS WOULD

BECOME EFFECTIVE ON THE FIRST DAY OF -- DECEMBER 20TH, 2020. WITH THE

ELIMINATION OF THIS $1,000 FILING THRESHOLD, VOTERS ARE ABLE TO SEE THE

CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALL CAMPAIGNS, BIG AND SMALL, PROMOTING BETTER

TRANSPARENCY. I CAST MY VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. SEAWRIGHT IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A01823, CALENDAR NO.

150, PRETLOW, D'URSO. AN ACT TO AMEND THE COUNTY LAW, IN RELATION TO

THE JURISDICTION OF A CORONER OR MEDICAL EXAMINER.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, I WONDER IF

OUR COLLEAGUES CAN MAYBE TRY AND TAKE THEIR SEATS NOW. WE HAVE TWO

BILLS WE WANT TO TAKE UP ON DEBATE. BOTH OF THEM ARE ON PAGE 14. THE

FIRST ONE IS CALENDAR NO. 103 BY MR. MAGNARELLI. THE SECOND ONE IS

CALENDAR NO. 107 BY MS. BICHOTTE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MEMBERS, WE ARE ON

DEBATE. IF YOU WILL, PLEASE, TAKE YOUR SEATS OR TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS

OUTSIDE THE CHAMBER. THAT'S FOLKS IN THE BACK, FOLKS WHO ARE LINED UP

AGAINST THE WALL.

THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: SENATE BILL NO. S02497, CALENDAR NO.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

103, SENATOR KENNEDY (MAGNARELLI, BENEDETTO, GALEF, GUNTHER, ORTIZ,

RIVERA, TITUS, ABBATE, STIRPE, JAFFEE, OTIS, ARROYO, MOSLEY, DAVILA,

PICHARDO, WEPRIN--A01851). AN ACT TO AMEND THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC

LAW, IN RELATION TO PROHIBITING A CHILD LESS THAN TEN YEARS OF AGE FROM

BEING LEFT UNATTENDED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER CONDITIONS PRESENTING

SUBSTANTIAL RISK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: AN EXPLANATION IS

REQUESTED, MR. MAGNARELLI.

MR. MAGNARELLI: YES. THIS BILL IS IN RELATION TO

PROHIBITING A CHILD LESS THAN TEN YEARS OF AGE FROM BEING LEFT

UNATTENDED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER CONDITIONS PRESENTING SUBSTANTIAL

RISK.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. PALUMBO.

MR. PALUMBO: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WOULD

THE SPONSOR YIELD FOR A FEW QUESTIONS, PLEASE?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: WILL YOU YIELD, MR.

MAGNARELLI?

MR. MAGNARELLI: YES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THANK YOU.

MR. PALUMBO: THANK YOU, BILL. I JUST HAVE A FEW

QUESTIONS IN THIS REGARD, BECAUSE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAD SOME

CONCERNS THAT THIS MAY BE ACTUALLY WEAKENING THE SITUATION, BECAUSE

WE ALL CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN CHILDREN

-- MANY CHILDREN HAVE DIED IN COLD CARS, IN HOT CARS, AND THE FACT THAT

THEY WOULD TYPICALLY CHARGE ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD, WHICH

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

IS A MISDEMEANOR, AND I KNOW THAT'S MENTIONED IN THE SPONSOR'S MEMO.

COULD YOU JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A BRIEF REASON WHY YOU FEEL THAT

THIS LEGISLATION IS NECESSARY?

MR. MAGNARELLI: WELL, I BELIEVE IT'S NECESSARY

IN ORDER TO JUST EDUCATE OR INFORM THE PUBLIC OF HOW SERIOUS THIS

PROBLEM IS. SINCE I'VE BEEN ELECTED TO THIS BODY, 230 CHILDREN HAVE

DIED IN CARS. SO, IF THERE'S ANY REASON FOR WHY IT'S NECESSARY, THAT --

THAT'S THE REASON. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS BILL TAKES ANYTHING AWAY

FROM THE MISDEMEANOR CHARGE, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT

IT'LL GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION ONCE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT LEAVING A CHILD

IN A CAR IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO THE CHILD.

MR. PALUMBO: CERTAINLY, AND I -- AND I NOTE FOR

MY COLLEAGUES THAT IT DOES INDICATE IN PARAGRAPH -- IN 1210, PARAGRAPH

A, SECTION 1, THAT "NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO

SUPERCEDE THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECTION OF LAW." SO,

IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE DISCRETIONARY THAT A POLICE OFFICER, IF IT WAS

EGREGIOUS ENOUGH, IT WASN'T JUST SIMPLY LEAVING A TEN YEAR OLD IN THE

CAR, THAT THEY COULD CERTAINLY STILL CHARGE THE MISDEMEANOR; IS THAT

ACCURATE?

MR. MAGNARELLI: THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S ACCURATE.

AND THE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT IS THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WE DON'T

HAVE ANY OF THESE VIOLATIONS. I WOULD HOPE THAT ONCE PEOPLE

UNDERSTAND THAT THEY COULD BE TICKETED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT

THEY WON'T DO IT AND BE A LITTLE MORE CAREFUL.

MR. PALUMBO: I UNDERSTAND, AND THAT'S A GOOD

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

POINT. SO, OTHER THAN JUST KIND OF A CATCHALL SUBSTANTIAL RISK TO A CHILD,

WHICH WOULD BE THE STATUTE THAT THEY WOULD TYPICALLY CHARGE NOW, JUST

ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IS MORE OF A GENERAL STATEMENT.

MR. MAGNARELLI: RIGHT, AND THAT MEANS AN

ARREST AND TAKING THE MOTHER AWAY -- OR MOTHER OR THE FATHER AWAY

FROM A CHILD. THOSE ARE PROBLEMATIC.

MR. PALUMBO: AND I SAW A PREVIOUS, I GUESS YOU

WERE -- WAS THAT LESS THAN 16 YEARS OF AGE. WAS THERE ANY PARTICULAR

REASON WHY IT WAS MADE -- YOU CHOSE TO PUT TEN YEARS OF AGE IN THIS

PARTICULAR BILL?

MR. MAGNARELLI: I THINK IT WAS WITH THE ADVICE

OF COUNSEL OR STAFF THAT MAYBE CHILDREN OVER TEN WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE

CARE OF THEMSELVES A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN THE CAR IF THEY HAD BEEN LEFT

ALONE.

MR. PALUMBO: SURE, AND GET OUT OF THE CAR. AND,

LASTLY, I SEE THERE'S AN AGGRAVATED FINE SCHEDULE THAT THE FIRST CONVICTION

IS UP TO $50, THE SECOND ONE UP TO A $100 AND THE THIRD ONE UP TO $250

WITHIN AN 18-MONTH PERIOD. IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT MOTOR VEHICLE

WOULD TAKE ON A DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH ANY OF THOSE CONVICTIONS BY THE

WAY OF EITHER POINTS OR A SUSPENSION OF ANYTHING?

MR. MAGNARELLI: NO, NOTHING.

MR. PALUMBO: OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU,

MR. MAGNARELLI.

MR. MAGNARELLI: THANK YOU.

MR. PALUMBO: ON THE BILL, PLEASE.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON THE BILL, MR.

PALUMBO.

MR. PALUMBO: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND JUST

VERY BRIEFLY. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA IN MANY RESPECTS. WE DON'T

WANT TO WATER DOWN THE FACT THAT POLICE OFFICERS CAN OR COULD STILL

CHARGE ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IF THEY LEAVE A CHILD OR AN

INFANT UNATTENDED IN A HOT VEHICLE OR EVEN A COLD VEHICLE. BUT I WOULD

JUST SUGGEST THAT WE ALSO MAYBE CONSIDER THAT WE HAVE EVEN FURTHER

PENALTIES WITH REGARD TO ACTION ON LICENSES IN THE EVENT OF THE

AGGRAVATING -- ON THE AGGRAVATING ASPECTS OF THIS, THAT IF SOMEONE HAS A

SECOND OR A THIRD VIOLATION WITHIN A YEAR-AND-A-HALF, IT SHOULD BE MORE

THAN A $250 FINE, THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER HAVING A LITTLE BIT

MORE OF A HAMMER. BUT, OTHERWISE, I DO THANK THE SPONSOR FOR

ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT NOVEMBER

1ST.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: THANK YOU, MR.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

SPEAKER, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERRUPT OUR PROCEEDINGS. ON BEHALF

OF OUR COLLEAGUE, MS. SIMON, AND PROBABLY ALL OF US, ACTUALLY, THERE ARE

SOME GUESTS IN THE CHAMBERS WHO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE AND ASK

YOU TO PROVIDE FOR THEM THE CORDIALITIES OF THE FLOOR. THEY ARE TOBY

WILLIAMS, LACOYA JACK BILLMORE, DENNIS JORDAN AND THE CHAIR OF THE

TASK FORCE, DONNA POLEN. MR. SPEAKER, THESE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THE

NEW YORK STATE MUSIC THERAPY TASK FORCE. MUSIC THERAPISTS WORK TO

HEAL AND TREAT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AMONGST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

SUCH AS AUTISM AND ALZHEIMER'S. MR. SPEAKER, I THINK THESE ARE SOME

OF THE PREMIER CAREGIVERS THAT PROVIDE SERVICE IN THE STATE OF NEW

YORK, AND IF WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME THEM AND PROVIDE FOR THEM

THE CORDIALITIES OF OUR FLOOR, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: CERTAINLY. ON BEHALF

OF MS. SIMON, THE SPEAKER AND ALL THE MEMBERS, WE WELCOME YOU HERE

TO THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY. WE EXTEND TO YOU THE PRIVILEGES OF

THE FLOOR. HOPE THAT YOU HAVE ENJOYED THESE PROCEEDINGS, HOPE THAT

YOU CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I BET YOU COULD FIND

SOME OF US WHO MIGHT NEED A LITTLE MUSIC THERAPY IN THIS HOUSE.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE.

(APPLAUSE)

PAGE 14, CALENDAR NO. 107, THE CLERK WILL READ.

THE CLERK: ASSEMBLY NO. A02998, CALENDAR NO.

107, BICHOTTE, GUNTHER, DILAN, STECK, WEPRIN, L. ROSENTHAL, GALEF,

GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, COOK, LAVINE, MAGNARELLI, MCDONOUGH, DAVILA,

CRUZ, EPSTEIN, ASHBY. AN ACT TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

RELATION TO AUTHORIZING EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY FOR CERTAIN SEXUALLY

TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: ON A MOTION BY MS.

BICHOTTE, THE SENATE BILL IS BEFORE THE HOUSE. THE SENATE BILL IS

ADVANCED. AN EXPLANATION IS REQUESTED, MS. BICHOTTE.

MS. BICHOTTE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THIS BILL

WOULD ALLOW HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS THAT IDENTIFY AND DIAGNOSE A

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE IN AN INDIVIDUAL TO PRESCRIBE, DISPENSE,

FURNISH OR OTHERWISE PROVIDES PRESCRIPTION ANTIBIOTIC DRUGS FOR THOSE

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS THAT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL

AND PREVENTION RECOMMENDS FOR THE USE OF EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY

TO THAT PERSON'S SEXUAL PARTNER OR PARTNERS WITHOUT EXAMINING SUCH

PARTNER OR PARTNERS.

IN 2008, NEW YORK STATE PASSED A LAW TO ALLOW HEALTH

CARE PROVIDERS WITH PRESCRIPTIVE PRIVILEGES TO PROVIDE EXPEDITED

PARTNER THERAPY FOR CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS WHEN THE PRESCRIBER'S

JUDGMENT IS THAT THE PARTNER OR PARTNERS WILL NOT SEEK A PERSONAL

MEDICAL VISIT. BY EXPANDING THE CURRENT LAW TO EXPEDITED PARTNER

THERAPY, WE WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD

OTHERWISE NOT SEEK TREATMENT AND IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES.

THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. RA.

MR. RA: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, WILL THE SPONSOR

YIELD?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. BICHOTTE, WILL

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

YOU YIELD?

MS. BICHOTTE: YES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE SPONSOR YIELDS.

MR. RA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO AS -- AS YOU

MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, FOR -- FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW IT'S BEEN -- IT'S BEEN

THE LAW THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE EXPEDITED THERAPY FOR ONE SPECIFIC

TYPE OF INFECTION. THIS WOULD ALLOW IT -- RATHER THAN HAVING IN THE LAW

JUST A SPECIFIC TYPE OF DISEASE, IT WOULD BE ANYTHING ON THAT CDC LIST;

IS THAT CORRECT?

MS. BICHOTTE: EXACTLY. I MEAN, CURRENTLY RIGHT

NOW WE PASSED A LAW THAT INCLUDES CHLAMYDIA, WHICH IS UNDER THE

CDC RECOMMENDATION. AND WE -- AND ALSO, IT WOULD INCLUDE

GONORRHEA. GONORRHEA RIGHT NOW IS ANOTHER STI THAT'S RECOMMENDED

FOR EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY, HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE IT IN OUR LAW

RIGHT NOW.

MR. RA: OKAY. NOW THE CONCEPT IS BASICALLY, AND

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE -- ONE PARTNER COMES IN,

THEY SEE THE DOCTOR AND THE DOCTOR CAN THEN PRESCRIBE FOR THEIR PARTNER

WHO WILL NOT BE SEEING THE DOCTOR WITH THE IDEA BEING THAT THEY DON'T

BELIEVE THEIR PARTNER WOULD GO AND SEEK MEDICAL HELP FOR -- FOR THIS

DISEASE; IS THAT CORRECT?

MS. BICHOTTE: YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

MR. RA: SO, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAS BEEN

RAISED WITH REGARD TO THESE IN THE PAST IS THAT THAT PARTNER WHO NOW HAS

NOT SEEN A DOCTOR THEY, YOU KNOW, MAY BE TREATED BY -- BY SOME

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

PRESCRIPTION, BUT PERHAPS THEY MAY HAVE OTHER ILLNESSES THAT WOULDN'T

BE DETECTED THAT PERHAPS A DOCTOR MIGHT DETECT IF HE HAD ACTUALLY SEEN

THEM INDIVIDUALLY. SO, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WILL ENCOURAGE THOSE

INDIVIDUALS TO GO AND SEEK THEIR OWN VISIT TO A DOCTOR?

MS. BICHOTTE: WELL, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT FIRST

YOU GOT TO BE REMINDED THAT EXPEDITED THERAPY IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO

REFERRING SEXUAL PARTNERS, SO, WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT THE PARTNERS

GO AND SEE THE PHYSICIAN. AND USUALLY IF IT'S A KNOWN ALLERGY, THE

PARTNER WOULD KNOW TO, YOU KNOW, READ THE PRESCRIPTION AND SEE IF,

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALLERGIC TO ANY FORMULAS OR CHEMICALS OF THAT NATURE.

IF IT'S AN UNKNOWN ALLERGY, IT'S TREATED LIKE ANY OTHER MEDICATION AND

WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE PARTNER TO GO AND SEEK HEALTH ADVICE AND CARE.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A PHARMACIST THAT THE PARTNER CAN

ALWAYS CONSULT WITH.

MR. RA: OKAY. AND THAT -- THAT IS ONE OF THE OTHER

CONCERNS, IS -- IS THAT THERE COULD BE AN ALLERGY. OFTENTIMES, THERE MAY

BE SOME TYPE OF ANTIBIOTIC THAT IS PRESCRIBED; SOME PEOPLE DO HAVE

ALLERGIES TO ANTIBIOTICS. SO THEN WOULD IT NECESSARILY BE THE PARTNER

WHO HAS -- WHO HAS NOT SEEN THE DOCTOR THAT'S FILLING THE PRESCRIPTION,

OR COULD THE PRESCRIPTION BE FULFILLED BY THE PARTNER WHO HAS GONE TO

THE DOCTOR? WHO IS IT ACTUALLY WRITTEN FOR?

MS. BICHOTTE: WELL, THE PRESCRIPTION IS WRITTEN

FOR THE ACTUAL PARTNER. YES, SO IT'S NOT PATIENT SPECIFIC SO IT COULD BE

FILLED FOR ANYBODY, YES.

MR. RA: OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY PROVISION, OR THIS

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

MIGHT BE IN EXISTING LAW WITH REGARD TO THE LIMITED PROVISIONS WE DO

HAVE THAT PROTECTS THE DOCTOR FROM LIABILITY SHOULD THERE BE SOME TYPE

OF ALLERGY THAT THE PARTNER HAS, SAY, TO AN ANTIBIOTIC OR SOMETHING ELSE

IN THE MEDICATION?

MS. BICHOTTE: YES, THERE ARE LIABILITY PROTECTIONS.

MR. RA: OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MR. RAIA.

MR. RAIA: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. WILL THE

SPONSOR CONTINUE TO YIELD FOR A COUPLE QUESTIONS?

MS. BICHOTTE: OF COURSE, YES.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE SPONSOR YIELDS.

MR. RAIA: THANK YOU. IS THERE AN AGE RESTRICTION

ON THIS? SO IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 14-YEAR-OLD AND

THEIR PARTNER IS DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE, THE 14-YEAR-OLD CAN GO GET

THE DRUGS WITHOUT ANY OVERSIGHT?

MS. BICHOTTE: I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN AGE

RESTRICTION. NO, THERE'S NO AGE RESTRICTION. OBVIOUSLY, JUST FOR ANY TYPE

OF PRESCRIPTION, THERE IS SOME -- A NEED FOR PARENTAL CONSENT FOR

ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

MR. RAIA: OH, SO IF IT'S SOMEONE -- SO, A PARENT STILL

HAS TO SIGN-OFF ON THE PRESCRIPTION?

MS. BICHOTTE: YES.

MR. RAIA: OKAY, BECAUSE MY CONCERN WAS, AS WAS

MENTIONED EARLIER, IS, YOU KNOW, A 14-YEAR-OLD NOT MIGHT KNOW IF

THEY'RE ALLERGIC TO CERTAIN ANTIBIOTICS.

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

MS. BICHOTTE: EXACTLY.

MR. RAIA: SO, AS LONG AS THERE'S STILL PARENTAL

OVERSIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MS. BICHOTTE: YES, SURE.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: READ THE LAST SECTION.

THE CLERK: THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1ST.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE CLERK WILL RECORD

THE VOTE.

(THE CLERK RECORDED THE VOTE.)

MS. BICHOTTE TO EXPLAIN HER VOTE.

MS. BICHOTTE: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR

ALLOWING ME TO AFFIRM MY VOTE. I'M REALLY PROUD TO PRESENT THIS BILL

TODAY WHICH PROVIDES EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY FOR THE PARTNERS OF

PATIENTS INFECTED WITH CHLAMYDIA AND OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED

INFECTIONS RECOMMEND BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL. THIS BILL

ALLOWS AUTHORIZED HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS THE ABILITY TO DIAGNOSE AND

PRESCRIBE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS AND

OTHER TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS RECOMMENDED.

ACCORDING TO CDC, THE NATIONAL STD PREVENTION

CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., NEARLY 2.3 MILLION CASES FOR

CHLAMYDIA, GONORRHEA AND SYPHILIS WERE DIAGNOSED IN THE UNITED

STATES. EPT, EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY, HELPS PHYSICIANS AND OTHER

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS DECREASE THE RATES OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED

INFECTIONS. WHILE THE EXPEDITED PARTNER THERAPY IN NO WAY REPLACES A

FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, IT CAN HELP PATIENTS

NYS ASSEMBLY MARCH 25, 2019

WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT REACH OUT FOR TREATMENT. SO, AGAIN, I AM -- I

AM SO IN FAVOR OF THIS BILL AND I JUST URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: MS. BICHOTTE IN THE

AFFIRMATIVE.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER VOTES? ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS.

(THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THE RESULTS.)

THE BILL IS PASSED.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: MR. SPEAKER, DO WE

HAVE ANY FURTHER HOUSEKEEPING OR RESOLUTIONS?

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: RESOLUTIONS, MRS.

PEOPLES-STOKES, WHICH WE WILL TAKE UP WITH ONE VOTE. ON THE

RESOLUTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE; OPPOSED, NO. THE

RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED.

(WHEREUPON, ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NOS. 203-214

WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.)

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES.

MRS. PEOPLES-STOKES: I NOW MOVE THAT THE

ASSEMBLY STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 1:00 P.M., TUESDAY, MARCH THE 26TH,

TOMORROW BEING A SESSION DAY.

ACTING SPEAKER AUBRY: THE ASSEMBLY WILL

STAND ADJOURNED.

(WHEREUPON, AT 4:13 P.M., THE ASSEMBLY STOOD

ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY, MARCH 26TH AT 1:00 P.M., TUESDAY BEING A

SESSION DAY.)