Grants a retroactive parity payment to certain management and confidential retirees who retired between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2015, not to exceed $5,000.
Establishes a task force to examine, evaluate and determine the feasibility of establishing a state-funded version of SNAP; requires the task force to report its findings and a policy brief to the governor and the legislature.
Provides a cost-of-living adjustment for members of retirement systems by increasing the base benefit amount for computation to $21,000.
Relates to regulation of the billing by general hospitals and the distribution of funds from the general hospital indigent care pool; requires use of a uniform application form and policy.
Establishes "The Equity in Fertility Treatment Act"; relates to the definition of infertility and health insurance coverage for the treatment of infertility.
Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to grant an automatic extension until May 15, 2023 for counties affected by a severe winter storm in December 2022; authorizes such extension for individuals and households who reside or have a business in the counties of Erie, Genesee, Niagara, St. Lawrence, and Suffolk counties.
Establishes a state SNAP minimum benefit program to provide a minimum amount of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits that is higher than the amount of federal SNAP benefits.
Relates to allowing telephone calls prior to an incarcerated individual's transfer except under exceptional circumstances.
Establishes a personal income tax deduction for the interest paid on student loans by individual taxpayers having a federal adjusted income of between $65,000 and $125,000, and married taxpayers filing jointly having a federal adjusted income of between $130,000 and $250,000.
Removes labor market attachment requirements for cases of permanent partial disability.
