Requires blanket health insurance policies to provide coverage for outpatient treatment by mental health practitioners (mental health counsellors, marriage and family therapists, creative arts therapists and psychoanalysts) licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law.
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Provides that a veteran seeking a housing loan under chapter 37 of title 38 of the United States Code be offered loan counseling services prior to the processing of such application by a banking institution or mortgage lender.
Establishes a dyslexia and dysgraphia task force; implements the findings of such task force.
Establishes the office of hospice and palliative care access and quality.
Authorizes Nicholas Moore, Joshua Golden and Nathan Kasprzak to participate in the special twenty year retirement plan.
Enacts the New York textile act to accelerate the growth of the animal and plant fiber growing, processing, and textile manufacturing industry in New York.
Replaces all instances of the words councilman or councilmen with the words council member or council members.
Authorizes the department of labor to develop a public awareness campaign promoting the New York state job bank.
Designates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Clinton, currently known as the Twin Bridges, as the "Trooper Brian S. Falb Memorial Bridge".
Designates portions of the state highway system as "The Disabled American Veterans - New York Medal of Honor Highway" and the "New York Medal of Honor Highway"; renames the "Sergeant Jonathan Gollnitz Memorial Highway" as the "Sergeant Jonathan Gollnitz - New York Medal of Honor Highway".