Provides that services provided by school-based health centers shall not be provided to medical assistance recipients through managed care programs.
Establishes the New York state organized retail crime task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on organized retail crime and various countermeasures to counter losses from such crime in the state.
Establishes Diwali as a school holiday in public schools in the city of New York.
Clarifies the definition of veteran to include career members of the armed forces for purposes of the veterans alternative tax exemption by considering individuals who meet certain conditions to have been discharged or released from active military service of the United States despite the fact that no discharge may have been issued.
Eliminates the "wartime service" requirement to expand the number of qualified veterans eligible for certain civil service positions.
Requires hospitals to adopt, implement and periodically update standard protocols for the management of fetal demise.
Establishes venue in actions to recover student debt; provides that in actions to recover student debt owed to the state of New York, the place of trial shall be the residence of the defendant, if one resides in the state.
Allows an individual with disabilities or a disabled veteran to hold full-time or part-time positions for purposes of eligibility for recruitment for state employment.
Updates and modifies the tax abatements for certain solar and electric storage systems; grants real property tax abatements for solar parking canopy structures.
Exempts certain geothermal boreholes at depths beyond five hundred feet from certain requirements for wells drilled deeper than five hundred feet below the earth's surface.
