Requires the commissioner to establish domestic violence awareness curriculum or instruction for school districts; age appropriate.
Prohibits a court from denying class certification for purposes of class action lawsuits solely because the action involves governmental operations.
Establishes a committee to study the feasibility of funding a kindergarten to college/career ready program and a universal college savings account.
Relates to the composition of the local advisory board for the Belmont racetrack facility.
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 provisions concerning debt collection procedures.
Enacts the "voter empowerment act of New York" to streamline the process for registering to vote.
Provides small businesses with grants of up to $100,000 to commercialize energy and environmental technology innovations and ideas in-state to stimulate economic development.
Relates to the designation of comprehensive stroke centers, primary stroke centers and acute stroke ready hospitals; relates to communication between centers; relates to emergency services providers; relates to assessment and transportation of stroke patients to a comprehensive stroke center, primary stroke center or acute stroke ready hospital; relates to continuous improvement of the quality of care for individuals with strokes; relates to coverage for telemedicine services; relates to the use and designation in advertising.
Relates to the mandatory coverage of hearing-aids by insurers and other organizations.
