| BILL NO | S03393A |
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| SAME AS | No Same As |
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| SPONSOR | SCHNEIDERMAN |
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| COSPNSR | ANDREWS, BROWN, CONNOR, DUANE, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER, SMITH A, STAVISKY |
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| MLTSPNSR | |
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| Add Art 3-B SS44 - 48, amd S110, Dom Rel L; amd S296, Exec L; amd S4235, Ins L; add S1-2.21, EPTL |
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| Provides for the establishment and recognition of domestic partnerships and for the termination thereof; defines the term, "domestic partners"; provides for the filing of statements of domestic partnership with the county clerk and maintenance of a registry by the secretary of state; provides for the inclusion of domestic partners in health insurance coverage; protects domestic partners and domestic partnerships from various forms of discrimination; includes domestic partners in the term "surviving spouse" for probate purposes; provides that domestic partners may adopt children together; provides a surviving spouse or domestic partner of a civil service employee who has died prior to retirement is eligible to continue health insurance; requires hospital staff to inquire whether or not the person admitted wishes to designate a person as a domestic partner who shall have all the privileges of next-of-kin with regard to visitation and authorization for surgery; makes certain provisions regarding disability benefits applicable to domestic partners; provides domestic partners shall be deemed to be surviving spouses for purposes of workers' compensation death benefits; allows employees to use sick leave to provide care to family members and domestic partners; and provides the term "spouse" shall mean wife, husband or domestic partner with regard to tax law. |
