Relates to establishing a crisis intervention demonstration program.
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Authorizes imposition of a sentence of conditional discharge pending the completion of a substance abuse treatment program licensed by the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services and approved by the division of probation and correctional alternatives for first or second conviction of certain controlled substance possession or marihuana possession offenses provided such offender has no prior violent felony convictions.
Requires a local social services district to accept or deny an application for public assistance as soon as possible but no later than thirty days after the date of the application.
Prohibits the use of chemical agents by police officers against minors under the age of eighteen.
Establishes the mandatory reporting by certain professional or official persons who come into contact with mentally or physically incapacitated persons who were abused including residents of assisted living and adult care facilities who may be abused, mistreated or neglected; provides reporting procedures and grants immunity for such reporting; provides criminal and civil penalties.
Establishes the commission on post-secondary correctional education to examine, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning the availability, effectiveness and need for expansion of post-secondary education in the NYS prison system.
Provides that it shall not be an improper practice for a public employer to immediately refer to the appropriate district attorney any issue regarding the alleged improper conduct of a police officer within forty-eight hours of such conduct.
Requires that any schedule of rates or rating plan for non-commercial private passenger automobile insurance coverage submitted to the superintendent of financial services shall provide for an appropriate reduction in premium charges for any insured participating in an official police department program or other program designed to prevent or reduce motor vehicle theft.
Requires additional disclosures from lobbyists including: campaign contributions to elected officials; existing business relationships or associations with public officials; and the names of family members of a public official to whom the lobbyist, or his or her employer, paid compensation of over $500 in the preceding calendar year and the amount of compensation paid; provides for the disposition of campaign funds.
Establishes a one year moratorium on actions to foreclose a mortgage.