Provides for standardized health insurance contracts for small dental employers who meet certain criteria.
Establishes scramble crosswalks leading to and from school buildings during times of student arrival and dismissal to ensure all vehicular traffic is stopped while pedestrians are crossing in the same intersection.
Authorizes county boards of elections to establish county-wide polling places where any person entitled to vote in such county by personal appearance may so vote on the day of a primary election or general election, subject to approval by the state board of elections.
Provides that it is deceptive to misrepresent that a product or package is recyclable unless it can be collected, separated or otherwise recovered from the waste stream through an established recycling program for reuse or use in manufacturing or assembling another item; requires the department of environmental conservation to develop regulations on types and forms of plastic products and packaging for which a claim of recyclability may be made; requires all rigid plastic containers sold in this state be labeled with a code that indicates the resin used to produce such container; makes related provisions.
Requires a disclaimer to be included in any advertising for delivery services that advertise delivery within thirty minutes or less to say that delivery within such time is not guaranteed; prohibits delivery services from penalizing workers that fail to deliver within thirty minutes; requires disclosure to such workers that they are not required to deliver within thirty minutes.
Provides for findings of the state board of parole necessary for discretionary release of incarcerated individuals on parole.
Enacts the safer consumption services act which provides for the establishment of a program to provide safe injection sites.
Adds arts and music education as a common school branch that should be incorporated into the public school curriculum to provide a more well-rounded education for children.
Imposes a highway use fee on outdoor advertising; establishes a New York state urban reforestation fund from fees imposed on outdoor advertising; makes provisions supporting urban forestry.
Prohibits insurance companies from discriminating based on genetic predisposition including refusing to issue or renew, charging any increased rate, or restricting any length of coverage; prohibits insurers from requiring genetic testing.
