This bill (S 4167) automatically grants Medicaid eligibility to youth exiting foster care in New York State. Specifically, it makes youth placed under certain Family Court Act sections (353.3 or 353.5) presumptively eligible for Medicaid starting the day they are released from court-ordered placement. This automatic eligibility lasts for up to 60 days or until a formal Medicaid determination is made, whichever comes first. During this period, medical care provided by eligible providers counts as Medicaid-covered services. The bill aims to ensure continuous health coverage for vulnerable youth transitioning out of foster care.
Requires police and peace officers receive a lawful order before assisting with immigration enforcement; requires federal agents identify themselves at the request of public officers, police officers or peace officers; establishes penalties for federal agents who fail to identify themselves.
Requires every sheriff, county or city commissioner of correction and head of every state, county, or local police department to report instances and occurrences of hate crimes; requires the division to promulgate rules and regulations for such reporting.
Authorizes former outpatients of mental health facilities to request a court of competent jurisdiction to render an order to have their files sealed when more than ten years have elapsed since the last treatment in such facility, they are not currently being treated for mental illness and it would be in the best interests of the petitioner and society to seal such record without the requirement of a special proceeding.
Requires sex offenders to verify their residence and registration on a biannual basis; provides that the division shall mail a verification form to each registered sex offender on a different random date during each six month period of the calendar year.
Allows real property tax fraud to be prosecuted by expanding tax fraud acts to cover certain acts of fraud under title two of article four of the real property tax law.
Establishes a temporary blue ribbon commission to study bail and the bail industry; requires an interim report be issued one year after the effective date of this act including the commission's findings, conclusions and recommendations, and a final report of the same shall be issued two years after the effective date of this act including legislative proposals as it deems necessary to implement such recommendations.
Establishes certain offenses based on homicide due to criminal sale of a controlled substance; establishes the offense of criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child in the first degree; expands the definition of controlled substances with respect to certain offenses; increases the felony classification of certain controlled substance offenses; includes electronic prescriptions and blank prescription forms in the definition of certain controlled substance offenses.
Adds to the definition of trespassing in the third degree, not having entered a lease or license for such building or real property with the rightful owner, enters or remains in such building or upon such real property or otherwise occupies such building or real property without title, right, permission of the rightful owner, or payment of rent accepted by the rightful owner.
Establishes the class D felony of criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds which occurs when an individual on school grounds coerces, solicits, recruits or induces another person to join or remain a member of a criminal street gang, or conspires to do so.
