Requires the commissioner of health to promulgate regulations requiring that the addition of, decertification of, or changes in the method of delivery of perinatal services by a general hospital be subject to an application under article 28 of the public health law that requires review and approval by the council.
Asm. Phara Souffrant Forrest
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Requires liability insurance for owners of firearms, rifles and shotguns.
Provides that contributions up to the first $250 of any contribution amount shall be matchable contributions under the public campaign financing program.
Prohibits digital advertisers from establishing a virtual "geofence" around a health care facility that enables the advertiser to send targeted advertisements to any cellphones or mobile devices that enter such health care facility; prohibits the delivery of digital advertisements to persons in a health care facility using geofencing technology.
Relates to providing residents of municipal public housing in the state with free basic cable and high-speed internet service, and reimbursing internet service providers and cable television companies for providing such service.
Relates to succession rights for rent stabilized housing; reduces the succession residency requirement from two years to one.
Provides doula services at all correctional institutions and local correctional facilities; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to retain an organization to make at least two doulas at any given time available to provide doula services twice a week, for four hours, at all correctional institutions and local correctional facilities that house incarcerated individuals who identify as female, as well as to provide doula services during labor and delivery, upon request.
Defines humanitarian emergency response and relief centers as shelters that provide assistance to arriving asylees or that provide shared sleeping and bathroom facilities for more than 96 hours and includes such centers within the definition of homeless project.
Relates to services available to immigrants residing in certain family and adult shelter facilities; requires the office of New Americans to establish a program to deliver comprehensive case management services to immigrants residing in certain shelters.
Requires insurance to cover a car seat to be provided upon discharge of a newborn from a hospital.