Enacts the "MTA board member attendance act"; requires members of the metropolitan transportation authority to attend the majority of public hearings on fare hikes in order to cast a vote.
Requires kindergarten instruction for Rockland and Westchester counties for minors who are five years of age on or before December first.
Enacts the empire engineers initiative act; provides partial student loan repayment for students who are employed as engineers in the state of New York for five years following their graduation.
Relates to the creation of home stability support supplement programs.
Requires that committee and floor votes be made available online and that session and committee meetings be webcast; listing shall include correspondence from the governor relating to legislation.
Establishes a pilot project for placement of female inmates close to home; provides that such project would house inmates who are mothers of minor children in the correctional facility located in closest proximity to the primary place of residence of any such inmate's minor child or children.
Relates to the recovery of property from persons who have fraudulently failed to disclose property and to liens for medical assistance on claims and suits for personal injury; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.
Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, in consultation with the commissioner of health, to develop and implement programs in every correctional facility to prevent the spread of hepatitis C, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV among correctional employees and incarcerated persons.
Requires regulations authorizing computer science courses to count towards liberal arts content at institutions of higher learning; defines computer science.
Relates to medical malpractice excess line insurance.
