Relates to prohibiting school districts, school principals, administrators, or teachers from requiring, permitting, or conducting a lesson or experimental study using an animal in a hatching project.
Requires office of temporary and disability assistance to simplify the application process for public assistance benefits.
Establishes that public schools shall prohibit marksmanship and/or shooting programs.
Establishes the definitions of non-compliant dwelling and harm reduction services and provides that every patient in a chemical dependence residential service or in a residential service that has a length of stay of thirty days or more shall have the right to remain unless removed through a special proceeding under article seven of the real property actions and proceedings law.
Establishes a tax credit for personal property replacement as a result of bedbug infestation; credit of 15% not to exceed $750; certification determined by commissioner.
Relates to aggravated cruelty to animals.
Makes the failure to provide food, water or appropriate shelter to a companion animal (dogs and cats) left outside a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, or imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Provides for rules and regulations for state aid reimbursement under article six of the public health law for the purchase of opioid antagonists by municipalities.
Requires all health insurance policies to provide insurance coverage for the cost of hearing aids; provides that such coverage shall include coverage of at least $3,000 over a four year period; provides that children under the age of sixteen are allowed reimbursement for additional expenses if needed.
Relates to removing the ten year time period from the crime of persistent sexual abuse.
