Relates to direct interstate and intrastate cider shipments; establishes requirements regarding age verification and shipping limits.
Prohibits insurers from selling policies of insurance which duplicate existing coverage relative to long term health care policies.
Authorizes vocational training, where practicable, to incarcerated individuals on the installation of solar hot water systems for the provision of hot water to correctional facilities.
Establishes an annual cost of living adjustment for human services programs indexed to inflation.
Relates to coverage and billing procedures in the Medicaid program for complex rehabilitation technology for patients with complex medical needs.
Relates to requiring lodging facilities to set air conditioner default settings to certain temperatures; requires such facilities to not set the default temperature settings lower than 75 degrees Fahrenheit between the months of May through October and higher than 64 degrees Fahrenheit between the months of November through April.
Includes bonus in the definition of wages for purposes of the labor law when the formula under which a bonus is determined is available to the employer or when the amount of a bonus has been declared; relates to the forfeit of wages.
Enacts the state and local government food waste prevention and diversion act; requires facilities generating excess food waste to take measures to minimize such waste.
Relates to establishing the empire state public bank to use the state's depository assets to generate additional benefit for the people and the economy of the state.
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.
