Bill S 1733 creates a new program to help municipalities improve water quality in water bodies managed by lake associations within their jurisdiction. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will establish this program to identify water quality concerns, determine effective remediation strategies, and assist with best practices for maintaining water quality. Additionally, the DEC will create a grant program to provide financial assistance to municipalities for remedial actions. The department is authorized to develop rules and regulations to implement these provisions.
Requires each agency to conduct exit surveys for employees resigning from state civil service; directs the state civil service commission to create an annual report on such surveys; exempts individual responses to exit surveys from the freedom of information law.
Establishes a quality incentive program for managed care providers that is distributed based on managed care providers' performance in meeting quality objectives.
This bill creates an optional 25-year retirement plan for county 911 operators, supervisors, and directors (including assistant and bureau directors in 911 communications roles). To qualify, members must complete 25 years of creditable service (including prior public safety work) and receive a pension equal to half their final average salary. Counties must formally adopt the plan via resolution and cover the costs, but it remains an alternative to existing retirement options. The plan applies only to eligible staff in counties that choose to implement it.
This bill amends New York's public assistance law to clarify that when a parent or non-parent caregiver chooses to exclude a child from the public assistance household, the child's unearned income (such as savings or gifts) is not counted toward household income for eligibility purposes. It directly affects families applying for public assistance who include or exclude children living with them. The key change adds a specific provision to the law explicitly stating that excluded children's unearned income should be disregarded, removing ambiguity in current rules. This ensures that excluding a child from the household does not automatically include their unearned income in the household's financial calculation.
Creates a single, streamlined process whereby a facility or program operating both a pre-kindergarten program and a daycare program may apply for and receive any certification, licensing, or other requirement otherwise necessary to operate a pre-kindergarten program or daycare program under the laws of the state.
Prohibits the intentional injection, release or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather or the intensity of sunlight; provides the department will establish a reporting process for violations; provides penalties for such violations.
Relates to program eligibility for plans comparable to Medicare part D; provides for analysis of health plans by the department of health to determine whether such health plans meet or exceed the Medicare part D standard; requires the department of health, in consultation with the department of financial services, to notify prescription drug insurers of the provisions of this act.
Bill S 5278 establishes new fee rates for the administration of large estates by amending the surrogate's court procedure act. The bill creates more detailed fee tiers for estates valued at $500,000 and above, introducing new rates for various ranges up to $5,000,000. For estates valued at $5,000,000 or more, the fee rate is set at $10,000. This represents an increased fee for estates in this highest valuation bracket. The bill directly affects individuals involved in the administration of these large estates.
Requires employers to inform their employees that non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.
This bill establishes a constitutional process for citizens to remove statewide elected officials through a recall petition. It would allow registered voters to initiate a recall by filing an affidavit with a stated reason (not reviewed for validity) and gathering signatures equal to 12% of the previous election vote for the office, with at least 2,000 signatures from each congressional district. If enough signatures are certified, a recall election must be held 70-80 days later (or consolidated with the next general election), where a majority vote to remove the official. If removed, a successor is elected by plurality; the removed official cannot run again, and no new recall can occur for six months. The bill creates new constitutional language and requires the legislature to set procedures for petitions, elections, and costs.
Requires the legislature to provide funding to reimburse localities for the costs associated with expenditures made as a requirement of any law which mandates the undertaking of a new program or increases the level of service of an existing program by a locality; requires the legislature to establish procedures for the allocation of funds among the local governments.
