Requires the New York state energy research and development authority to develop recommendations regarding the establishment of microgrids.
Expands the definition of the offense of sexual conduct against a child in the third degree to include at least one act of specified types of sexual contact.
Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to study the frequency of residents who are being assessed library taxes for more than one library and to make recommendations to address the double taxation of residents; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
Establishes a pilot program to create an assistance hotline for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex behavioral needs.
Establishes the primary care reform commission to review, examine, and make findings on the level of primary care spending by all payers in the context of all health care spending in the state and publish an annual report on the findings, and also make recommendations to increase and strengthen spending on primary care in the state and improve primary care infrastructure, taking care to avoid increasing costs to patients or the total cost of health care.
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 and directs the commissioner of health to establish a portable diagnostics program that demonstrates the cost-effectiveness of medical assistance coverage of portable diagnostic services.
Establishes a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations that use proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions; provides that such operations shall be subject to a full generic environmental impact statement review.
Allows patients to receive certain treatment by an occupational therapist without a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner; requires the occupational therapist to inform the patient of certain potential insurance issues; relates to eliminating the need for referrals for certain treatment under coverage provided by certain motor vehicle insurance policies.
