Relates to judicial diversion programs; establishes a diversion part in each county.
Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of incarcerated persons by health care professionals; prohibits a health care professional from engaging, assisting or planning the torture or improper treatment of an incarcerated person; requires health care professionals to report torture and improper treatment.
Requires containerized waste systems for certain residential buildings with more than one hundred fifty units; defines "containerized waste system" as a waste management system that utilizes sealed containers with dimensions of up to eight feet in width, five feet in height and twenty feet in length.
Creates the office of the correctional ombudsman to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners; designates investigators of the office of the correctional ombudsman as peace officers; authorizes the attorney general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense committed by an employee of the department of corrections and community supervision in connection with his or her official duties; relates to the confidentiality of certain records; includes the office of the correctional ombudsman records within the definition of public safety agency records; makes related provisions.
Requires social services districts to distribute educational materials pertaining to sexual health, including information on HIV prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis to individuals enrolled in Medicaid.
Includes transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary individuals in the social and economic equity plan of the New York state cannabis control board relating to the awarding of adult-use cannabis licenses.
Relates to updating school concussion management and response protocols; increases concussion data collection and reporting.
Authorizes owners of itinerant barber shops to obtain barber shop owner's licenses provided that they can furnish proof of proper layout and adequate equipment for the shop, and sanitary conditions in the shop and good moral character.
Directs the division of criminal justice services to establish a statewide public database covering every local police department, each county sheriff's office, the division of the state police and every agency that employs a peace officer in this state, which shall compile the names of any police or peace officer who has had his or her employment terminated due to misconduct.
Establishes that an applicant for a license or permit shall not be deemed to lack control of the premises if a portion of public sidewalk or roadway controlled by such applicant is divided by a different portion of the public sidewalk reserved as a public right of way.
