Relates to directing the commissioner of health to conduct a study on the feasibility of creating a burn center in Kings County Medical Center in collaboration with SUNY Downstate Medical Center's University Hospital of Brooklyn.
Prohibits the hunting or taking of wildlife with the aid of an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Prohibits financial institutions from charging a fee in excess of five dollars to a customer based on account inactivity.
Expands the requirements for teaching humane education of animals to secondary school students.
Prohibits a person who has abandoned his or her spouse or domestic partner from collecting any portion of the spouse's or domestic partner's pension.
Establishes the Right to Try Act; allows patients with terminal illnesses who meet certain requirements including having informed consent to request to use investigational drugs, biological products or devices; establishes that manufacturers are not obligated to provide such drugs or products; establishes that insurance companies are not required to provide coverage; restricts certain causes of action arising from experimental treatment.
Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to monitor manufacturer safety recalls and subsequently notify vehicle registrants.
Provides that an individual shall not become ineligible under the EPIC program due to an increase in social security benefits or a public or private pension where such increase does not exceed the consumer price index.
Provides that in determining income for the purposes of the tuition assistance program, tuition benefits and scholarships awarded based on service in the armed forces shall not be considered as income.
Enacts the New York Sun Act of 2017; establishes a solar energy incentive and financing program.
