by INFORMED NY | Feb 6, 2023 | Out of State Bills to consider
If you have never heard of “sky candles” they are devices that use a small open-flame object or another device to cause a paper or plastic balloon to inflate and rise. When my husband passed I had everyone light a sky candle and release it at the cemetery....
by INFORMED NY | Feb 6, 2023 | Out of State Bills to consider
HB 1299 5572. This bill is named “Victoria’s Law” after Victoria – a disabled German Shepherd who was rescued from a puppy mill after 10 years of breeding. The legislation was crafted to prohibit the sale of commercially raised dogs, cats, and rabbits in pet...
by INFORMED NY | Feb 6, 2023 | Out of State Bills to consider
Non-secure youth shelters play a critical role in managing a child’s welfare by providing a range of services for dependent children, as well as young people who are under the jurisdiction of the delinquency system. Unfortunately (at the time this bill was...
by INFORMED NY | Feb 5, 2023 | Health, Out of State Bills to consider
This legislation sets minimum staffing standards for nursing homes and certified nursing facilities; administrative sanctions; Long-Term Care Services Fund. It requires nursing homes to meet a baseline staffing level based on resident acuity in alignment with the...
by INFORMED NY | Feb 5, 2023 | Out of State Bills to consider
How do you feel about HB 1074 which directs the Board of Health to develop, by regulation, an exemption to the rabies vaccination requirement for animals if a licensed veterinarian certifies in writing that the vaccine would endanger the animal based on an underlying...
by INFORMED NY | Feb 5, 2023 | Out of State Bills to consider
HB 1308 was introduced to prohibit the capture, possession, and propagation of hares and rabbits for hunting dog training and field trials. All snowshoe hares or rabbits held in captivity as of the effective date of this section shall be returned to the wild under the...
