Provides for the designation by a general hospital of persons to identify infectious disease processes, conduct surveillance and epidemiologic investigations, and develop plans to prevent and control the transmission of infectious agents within general hospitals.
Adds tianeptine sodium to list of Schedule II of controlled substances.
Restores 20 year service retirement for New York city police officers.
Enacts the "New York small contractor relief act"; defines terms; authorizes a small contractor captive insurance company to purchase, and the New York state insurance fund shall be authorized and directed to provide, reinsurance and retrocession reinsurance for such captive insurance company, on either a quota share arrangement or facultative arrangement at a rate to be determined by the board of the fund; provides that a small contractor captive insurance company organized pursuant to this article shall not refuse to issue, renew or cancel a policy of any qualified small construction contractor based upon geographic location or line of business engaged in by such contractor; makes related provisions.
Requires state agencies to publish certain information in local, community and ethnic media; defines local, community and ethnic media; requires the office of general services to develop and maintain a list of local, community and ethnic media outlets.
Relates to the controlling disposition of a decedent's remains; adds domestic partners and removes grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces or nephews from having such controlling interest.
Provides for the pension benefits for first grade police officers of the city of New York who have served for 25 or 30 years.
Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York.
Relates to requiring the use of project labor agreements for large scale construction projects under the state university construction fund; provides an exception to such requirement may be granted; provides that the fund may require every contractor become party to a project labor agreement.
Provides for the maintenance and application of a general debt service fund for the city of New York, and agreements and covenants with respect to obligations issued by such city.
