New York Bills

Allows brewery supply stores to sell beer for off premises consumption.

Establishes the requirement of testing for a fetal heartbeat prior to the performance of an abortion; establishes standards for informed consent; directs the department of public health to prepare and disseminate certain materials regarding abortion and providing for certain civil remedies; expands the definition of medical professional misconduct to include certain acts of abortion and authorizes certain sanctions for violations; criminalizes the performance of an abortion under certain circumstances; establishes the joint legislative committee on adoption promotion and support; provides for certain remedies in the event that the supreme court of the United States overrules Roe v. Wade; and authorizes the commissioner of the department of public health to promulgate certain rules and regulations.

Relates to defining the term synthetic cannabinoid.

Requires cable television companies to offer cable television channels on an individual basis; provides that the public service commission be responsible for approving rates.

Requires the state to reimburse municipalities for loss of real property tax revenue resulting from the establishment of community residential facilities for the disabled.

Requires all visitors, personnel and employees of correctional facilities to be scanned by body imaging scanning equipment before entering such correctional facilities.

Directs the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations governing certain controlled substances.

Creates incentives for counties to investigate and prosecute medicaid fraud.

Imposes a nursing home purchase moratorium on those who own or have owned failing facilities for twenty-four months since their last violation.

Establishes a central registry of medical personnel terminated for cause.

Authorizes certain premises in the town of Rushford and county of Allegany to sell wine and/or liquor within 200 feet of a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship.

Relates to the provision of criminal history background checks free of charge to mentoring programs operated by not-for-profit corporations.