Expands the Doctors Across New York program to include dentists.
Asm. Phil Steck
Sponsored bills
Requires screening for dyslexia; provides for intervention services for dyslexic children.
Provides for the licensing of genetic counselors; creates the state board for genetic counseling.
Provides Tier 5 and 6 members of the New York state teachers' retirement system with the same service retirement pension factor as Tier 4.
Establishes the child victims act fund which provides grant awards in reimbursement to public school districts and voluntary foster care agencies located within the state who have been named as defendants in certain child sexual abuse legal cases and in which it can be demonstrated by the public school district or voluntary foster care agency that no insurance policy for the covered period can be located after a good-faith effort to do so has been made, there was a monetary judgment issued or settlement agreement with regard to such action and where it can be demonstrated by the public school district or voluntary foster care agency that payment in full of such judgment or settlement would put a substantial burden on the district's or agency's ability to execute its mission and negatively impact its existing student population.
Enacts the child abuse reporting expansion act; relates to making clergy members required reporters of child abuse or mistreatment.
Requires degree-granting institutions of higher education to make certain biennial disclosures and to conspicuously publish the report on the website of such institution and submit the website address of such report to the department.
Relates to campaign funds for personal use.
Provides that a fire company may elect to include call firefighters within its membership who shall receive a stipend for each call that he or she responds to.
Establishes an economy-wide cap and invest program to support greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the state by setting a maximum allowable amount of greenhouse gas emissions by covered entities and regulating the sale or auction of greenhouse gas emissions allowances to covered entities.