Directs the division of veterans' services to route 988 calls to the national suicide prevention lifeline.
Requires social distancing room configurations in new homeless housing constructions; provides any individual placed in a hotel, motel or apartment by local social services in response to COVID-19 shall not be permitted to return until such housing has ensured appropriate distancing between beds of at least six-feet.
Enacts provisions to provide minimum wages for home care aides; requires at least 150% of minimum wage or other set minimum; directs the commissioner of health to set regional minimum rates of reimbursement for home care aides under medicaid and managed care plans.
Authorizes the court the discretion to release persons charged with certain crimes involving possession of a firearm on their own recognizance or under non-monetary conditions, fix bail, or commit the person to the custody of the sheriff.
Establishes certain offenses based on homicide due to criminal sale of a controlled substance; establishes the offense of criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child in the first degree; expands the definition of controlled substances with respect to certain offenses; increases the felony classification of certain controlled substance offenses; includes electronic prescriptions and blank prescription forms in the definition of certain controlled substance offenses.
Relates to the filling of borrow pits in Jamaica Bay.
Creates the temporary "commission to prevent childhood drowning" to evaluate and develop programs to properly educate and instruct children how to swim and water safety.
Authorizes the retention of federal funds for special education programs for preschool children that are subject to tuition rate reconciliation.
Enables a current tenant-cooperator of certain housing companies, entitled to occupancy by reason of ownership of shares in such housing company, to apply all or a portion of the value of his or her holdings and equity in the housing company toward any consideration required to be paid for shares which would entitle the resident to the occupancy of another unit owned and operated by the housing company.
Requires certain facilities establish clinical staffing committees.
