Authorizes ophthalmologists, optometrists and ophthalmic dispensers to establish limited liability companies.
Authorizes the commissioner of education to design and implement a biennial contest to choose the official Empire state children's book.
Includes certain out of home services such as transition from a hospital, nursing facility or other institutional setting to the home within home care insurance coverage.
Reduces the fee for biennial registration for the professional practice of medical physics from $300 to $125.
Establishes the qualified solar and energy storage manufacturer facilities and operations credit for businesses which manufacture solar energy equipment.
Enhances protections for homeowners who have paid contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers for home improvements; enhances penalties, civil and criminal for violations of the consumer protection provisions of the Home Improvement Contracts article of the general business law; authorizes the attorney general to prosecute crimes under that article.
Creates the traumatic brain injury trust fund; sets out specific criteria for a qualified individual and sets a $3,000 per year and $100,000 lifetime cap for each individual; establishes a traumatic brain injury trust fund authority to administer the fund; requires 10 percent of the surcharge collected on certain vehicle and traffic law violations be deposited into the traumatic brain injury trust fund.
Relates to the training of applicants, licensees, and servers of alcoholic beverages; repeals certain provisions and adds a new section of alcohol training awareness programs; includes required training for on-premises licensees and employees, among other stipulations to increase awareness.
Requires the governor's tax expenditure reporting to include an enumeration of all fossil fuel related tax expenditures; imposes a 5 year expiration upon any fossil fuel related tax expenditures enacted.
Provides that any charges assessed by a credit card company for late payment shall not exceed five percent of the unpaid balance of any bill, including any interest thereon, or twenty dollars, whichever amount is less.
