Establishes the office of hospice and palliative care access and quality.
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of health to establish a portable diagnostics program that demonstrates the cost-effectiveness of medical assistance coverage of portable diagnostic services.
Establishes a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations that use proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions; provides that such operations shall be subject to a full generic environmental impact statement review.
Requires a petition in a summary proceeding to recover possession of real property in the city of Albany to allege proof of compliance with local laws requiring rental residential property registration and licensure.
Allows patients to receive certain treatment by an occupational therapist without a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner; requires the occupational therapist to inform the patient of certain potential insurance issues; relates to eliminating the need for referrals for certain treatment under coverage provided by certain motor vehicle insurance policies.
Relates to construction of voting machines and systems.
Allows coaches who cannot be certified in CPR to be able to coach high school sports if there is another coach or staff present at the sporting activity who is certified in CPR.
Relates to physical therapist assistants; establishes that physical therapist assistants shall be licensed.
Requires that certain information be provided to patients and health care practitioners regarding sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.
Replaces all instances of the words councilman or councilmen with the words council member or council members.
