Provides that no corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, online platform, or any other business entity doing business in this state shall knowingly sell, offer for sale, or deliver medetomidine to individuals without proof of its intended use for institutional, veterinary, or scientific purposes.
Directs the commissioner of health and commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities to jointly promulgate rules and regulations requiring pediatric health care providers to screen children beginning at the age of 12 months for autism spectrum disorders during each wellness and preventative care examination and to conduct such screening annually until such child reaches age six, and thereafter at eleven and fourteen years of age.
Updates the fee collected by county clerks and clerks for the city of New York for deposit into the cultural education account from $15 to $30; increases the amount retained by the county or city from $0.75 to $1.00.
Allows for treatment costing less than $1,500 to be done without prior approval, and more clearly defines the list of "pre-authorized procedures" as a floor on treatment as opposed to its current status as a ceiling; allows non-network providers of testing to be compensated at the provider network rate negotiated by the carrier.
Maddy summaryThis bill establishes a voluntary certification program for recovery community centers in New York. It requires the state commissioner to create evidence-based regulations covering staffing, safety, participant rights, referrals to support services, and administrative policies. Certified centers will be listed on a state website as verified options for individuals seeking recovery support, and the commissioner can inspect centers or revoke certification for noncompliance. The bill also directs the commissioner to work with the health department to ensure these services become reimbursable through state Medicaid.
Repeals the provision of law that volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers who receive a real property tax exemption for service may not receive the income tax credit for such service.
Maddy summaryThis bill designates the first Friday in February as a mandatory holiday for all New York public schools, named "New York statewide school day to help people in need." It requires schools to close on this date and includes a provision ensuring the holiday does not count as a reduction in instructional days for state funding calculations. Public schools across New York State are directly affected, as they must observe this day as a holiday without impacting their annual instructional day requirements. The bill creates a new annual school holiday with specific administrative adjustments for funding purposes.
Waives the registration fee and service charge for distinctive plates for volunteer firefighters and members of volunteer ambulance services where the applicant has attended twenty-five percent or more of the emergency calls for the previous year.
Requires all public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in the state that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program as provided in the national child nutrition act to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to the student.
Provides that a person is guilty of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree when such person commits the offense of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree and causes the death or serious physical injury of another person.
