Relates to biofuel production credit for production of biomethane, a biodiesel fuel.
Relates to the regulation of short-term rental units; authorizes short-term rental units and requires short-term rental hosts to register each unit with the division of housing and community renewal; establishes that occupancies of a short-term rental unit shall be subject to taxes and fees pursuant to articles twenty-eight and twenty-nine of the tax law and applicable local laws.
Increases the minimum insurance coverage requirements for automobiles registered and/or operated within the state of New York.
Requires financial planners working with the elderly to be certified financial planners.
Prohibits the disclosure and discovery of the testimony of a party to a health care quality assurance or peer review proceeding; further adds the failure to cooperate and participate in the quality assurance, reporting, activities, requirements and procedures covered under such discovery to the definition of professional misconduct.
Regulates the use of human subjects for medical research and experimentation, including subjects with mental disorders and children; makes definitions; addresses exclusion or inclusion of subjects to participate in human research based on race, ethnicity or sex; requires reporting certain information relating to the collection of data; provides that no greater than minimal risk non-therapeutic human research shall be conducted on a child without consent of a parent or guardian; makes related provisions.
Limits licensing to only pet dealers which sell animals obtained from shelters and rescue organizations.
Clarifies that the nurse-family partnership program is not within the definition of home care.
Eliminates the requirement that certain minority and women-owned business enterprise owners have a personal net worth of less than three million five hundred thousand dollars in order to obtain certification as a certified minority and women-owned business enterprise; clarifies that an individual's net worth is to be considered in determining eligibility for certification under article 15-A of the executive law.
Relates to death and felony crime reports in certain adult care facilities.
