Prohibits use of a safety strobe light to change a traffic signal by an unauthorized person.
Establishes a fire prevention and emergency task force to develop a plan for training requirements and standards for fire prevention and emergency response services in rural areas and to examine the necessity of having uniform standards across the state.
Relates to establishing guidelines for DAs with regard to electronic conversion of certain records, books or papers in the care, custody or control of DAs that are more than 10 years old.
Requires a doctor to obtain the informed consent of patients prior to prescribing psychiatric drugs notifying the patients of possible adverse effects of the drug.
Relates to minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises in relation to state contracts.
Provides that before a person may receive public assistance benefits, he or she must submit to and pass a drug test; requires health care professionals, law enforcement agencies, and courts report certain instances of substance abuse to the commissioner of social services.
Establishes the reasonable charge for electronic copies of medical records and patient information.
Relates to the confidentiality of the identity of undercover officers.
Authorizes and directs the department of taxation and finance to conduct a study documenting the fiscal implications on towns in Nassau county if section 2 of chapter 851 of the laws of 1948 were repealed.
Doubles the penalties for use of mobile telephones and use of portable electronic devices when such violations arise out of the same incident as a conviction for failure to move over and when such violations occurred in a work zone.
