Allows the removal of criminal actions to a mental health court in an adjoining county and provides for the reversion to the original court of record where the defendant fails to comply with or complete the mental health court program.
This bill (A 9577) amends New York's social services law to prevent medical assistance recipients from receiving school-based health center services through managed care programs. It specifically prohibits managed care organizations from covering these services until at least April 1, 2026. The change directly affects medical assistance recipients who access health services at school-based centers, ensuring such care isn't routed through managed care systems. The provision takes effect immediately for the bill itself, but the coverage restriction applies starting April 1, 2026.
Authorizes real property taxing jurisdictions to grant a partial tax exemption for property purchased by a clinician in a clinician shortage area, as determined by the commissioner of health, which will be such clinician's primary residence and they will practice in such shortage area; provides state aid to taxing jurisdictions which grant the exemption to the extent of the tax savings provided to clinicians.
Sets minimum staffing standards for employees performing emergency medical services in the 911 system in a city with a population of over one million people.
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Relates to protecting retiree health insurance benefits; provides that the health insurance benefits provided to retired officers, employees, and their dependents by the state and its political subdivisions shall not be diminished or impaired below the actuarial value of the benefits provided as of December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one.
Expands the purposes of the drug treatment and public education fund to include prevention and recovery programs; requires reporting to be made available on the office of addiction services and supports' website.
This bill permanently authorizes specific fees and charges for emergency medical services that were previously set to expire. It removes a 9-year expiration date from existing laws (amended in 2022 and 2025) that allowed local governments to collect these fees. The change directly affects emergency medical service providers and local governments that collect these fees. The key provision is making the fee structure permanent, eliminating the need for future legislative renewal.
This bill requires most health insurance plans issued after 2020 to cover contraceptive services provided by pharmacists without cost-sharing. It mandates coverage for all FDA-approved contraceptives (including over-the-counter options), emergency contraception, patient counseling, and follow-up care, with pharmacists receiving administrative fees at least at Medicaid rates. Plans must allow dispensing up to 12 months of contraceptives at once and cover alternative versions if preferred options aren’t available or medically unsuitable. This directly affects insured individuals seeking contraceptive care and insurers offering comprehensive health coverage.
Provides for expanded non-medical in-home services, non-institutional respite services, case management services, and ancillary services without a prescription or physician's order; repeals certain cost sharing requirements for such services.
Enacts the "first responders assault prevention act" which increases the offense classification for assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emergency medical services professional from a class C felony to a class B felony.
