Creates the commission on battery fire safety practices to evaluate the need for resources for police, volunteer fire departments and emergency medical services concerning health and safety best practices when responding to lithium-ion battery incidents.
Creates the crime of stolen valor.
Includes any parent or parent of a minor who cares for such minor child with an intellectual or developmental disability within the health care and mental hygiene worker bonuses.
Elevates assault of a code enforcement official in the second degree to a class D felony.
Waives the state application fee for all civil service examinations for all veterans.
Includes pharmacists in the list of persons and officials required to report child abuse or mistreatment.
Establishes a farmers' bill of rights; specifies prohibited unfair trade practices which have the purpose of intentionally impairing a producer's freedom to bargain collectively with other producers in the marketing of the producer's product; provides that the commissioner of the department of agriculture and markets shall take action to restrain such violations upon the application of an association of producers; increases the limit on damages for encouraging or permitting delivery of products in violation of marketing agreements.
Requires enhanced federal medical assistance percentage funds be directly shared with the counties and the city of New York; requires the comptroller examine and audit all funds received from the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage and the distributions made to counties and the city of New York.
Allows lifetime orders of protection when the respondent is convicted of certain felonies or an attempt to commit such felonies.
Creates incentives for counties to investigate and prosecute medicaid fraud.
