Increases monetary penalties for public health law violations; provides support for the nursing home quality improvement demonstration program.
Removes certain restrictions on eligibility for personal and home care services under medicaid.
Requires the provision of care to persons requiring twenty-four hours of care take the form of non-sequential split shifts of twelve hours each.
Provides regulations for the adoption of local ordinances for the creation of accessory dwelling units; provides for the inclusion of an accessory dwelling unit in the term housing accommodation in the human rights law.
Limits robocalls to state residents; requires telephone service providers to offer free call blocking technology to telephone customers.
Provides that whenever a contiguous property of a college or university contains three hundred or more registrants, the polling place designated for such election district shall be on such contiguous property or at a location approved by the college or university.
Authorizes community composting operations registered with the department of environmental conservation but not requiring a permit from such department to use parklands without violating alienation laws or restrictions.
Prohibits the search, with or without a warrant, of geolocation and keyword data of a group of people who are under no individual suspicion of having committed a crime, but rather are defined by having been at a given location at a given time or searched particular words, phrases, character strings, or websites.
Increases certain penalties for violating the prohibition of animal fighting and for aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a psychiatric evaluation for defendants convicted of aggravated cruelty to animals.
Provides that no person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of any government entity, nor any person or entity acting in concert with or on behalf of the government, nor any person or entity in its provision of public or private housing, public accommodations and entertainment, and public or private employment; provides no person shall, because of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, creed or religion, be subjected to any discrimination in his or her civil rights, including in the provision of public or private housing, public accommodations and entertainment, and public or private employment, by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state; makes related provisions.
