Prohibits the use of chemical agents by police officers against minors under the age of eighteen.
Requires utility companies maintain a toll free number for consumers to call to report service outages which shall be made available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Relates to payments for home and community based long term care services; provides that funds appropriated to compensate for minimum wage requirements, shall not be subject to managed care risk adjustment on insurers.
Authorizes the administration of vaccines for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, human papillomavirus, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and COVID-19 by a licensed pharmacist.
Relates to the sale of cannabinoid hemp flower.
Extends certain insurance payments and debt collections for the COVID-19 covered period.
Requires cell towers to be equipped with a back-up power source in case of a power outage.
Makes tuition free for New York state residents at SUNY and CUNY schools and community colleges; requires state residency and employment for a period of five years after completion of academic program.
Enables the commissioner of social services to review state plans which provide for special transportation services for children and pre-school children to ensure that state policies are not more restrictive than policies at the federal level.
Protects medically important antimicrobials for human public health; establishes a livestock producer may provide a medically important antimicrobial to a food-producing animal only if a licensed veterinarian, in the exercise of professional judgment, determines that the provision of the medically important antimicrobial to the animal is necessary: to control the spread of a disease or infection, to treat a disease or infection, or in relation to surgical or other medical procedures; requires veterinarians licensed to practice in New York state to file an annual report detailing their prescribing history of medically important antimicrobials to food-producing animals.
