Extends expiration of provisions of judiciary law authorizing referees to determine applications for orders of protection while family court is in session

Extends the chief administrator of the courts' authority to allow referees to determine certain applications to a family court for an order of protection; removes the expiration of the judicial hearing officer pilot program in the family courts of the seventh and eighth judicial districts for ordering a reference to determine an application for an order of protection or temporary order of protection in certain cases.