Bill S 7797 provides emergency appropriations to fund state government operations from April 1, 2025, through May 9, 2025. This measure allocates funds for the salaries and benefits of state employees across the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. It also covers non-personal service liabilities for state departments and agencies, and provides aid to localities through the judiciary. Additionally, the bill adjusts specific appropriations within the Department of Health, including for the Center for Community Health Program and federal food and nutrition services. The purpose is to ensure the continuation of government functions until the full state budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2025, is enacted.
This bill repeals a requirement that professional wrestling promoters in New York must post a $20,000 bond to guarantee payments for wrestler purses, advertising, and other expenses (previously in Section 1015, subdivision 11). It directly affects promoters of professional wrestling events by removing this specific financial obligation. The bill amends the general business law to update definitions of "professional wrestling" and related terms but focuses the key change on eliminating the bond requirement. The annual license fee for promoters remains capped at $225, but the bond requirement is fully repealed. This change reduces administrative and financial burdens on wrestling promoters without altering other licensing or safety provisions.
Provides a half exemption for the sale of the first $35,000 for a battery, electric, or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle from state sales and compensating use taxes and a full exemption on such sales where the vehicle was assembled in the United States utilizing union labor; authorizes local governments to elect such incentives; repeals the hybrid exemption after ten years.
Extends the benefits of the variable supplements fund to all New York city police officers, firefighters, housing police, transit police, correction officers and registered domestic partners.
Establishes the crime of misappropriation of payroll funds when a person knows that funds are designated for use as employee payroll funds or as payment of payroll taxes, and intentionally prevents the funds from being used for their designated purpose.
This bill requires most large employer-sponsored health insurance plans in New York to cover acupuncture services when prescribed by a qualified healthcare provider. Specifically, it mandates that plans covering physician office services or major medical coverage must include acupuncture treatment (as defined by law) without denying coverage based on the provider's scope of practice. Plans may still apply standard cost-sharing rules like deductibles, co-pays, or benefit limits for these services. The law directly affects health insurers and employers offering large group health plans, effective 90 days after enactment.
Provides a performance of duty presumption for diseases of the heart for members who serve as an ambulance medical technician, ambulance medical coordinator, ambulance medical technician/supervisor or a member who performs ambulance medical technician related services, or a police medic, police medic coordinator, police medic supervisor, bureau director police emergency ambulance services - county, assistant bureau director police emergency ambulance services - county, or a member who performs police medic or police emergency ambulance related services and is employed in the Nassau county police department.
Provides that NYSERDA shall establish a program to provide new e-bikes at reduced or no cost in exchange for used unsafe e-bikes to certain delivery service workers; provides eligibility requirements to receive a reduced or no-cost e-bike under such program; requires e-bikes provided pursuant to such program be certified for compliance with certain safety standards; requires NYSERDA to collaborate with relevant agencies to inform eligible individuals about such program; and requires NYSERDA to submit an annual report on such program.
This bill requires all professionals who apply fire-resistant materials (such as spray-on protective coatings for building structures) to complete state-approved training and obtain certification. The state fire administrator must create a training program with specific course requirements and certification standards, and applicators must complete this before working. Untrained individuals applying these materials face fines of up to $250 per violation. The bill directly affects construction workers, contractors, and fire safety professionals who install fire-resistant coatings.
Relates to benefits for police officers, correction officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel diagnosed with PTSD by making their injury compensable if it cannot be shown, by a preponderance of evidence, that the PTSD was caused by factors unrelated to their occupation.
