Creates the offense of reckless infection of a patient with a communicable disease by a health care provider.
Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act" to require acute care facilities and nursing homes to implement certain direct-care nurse to patient ratios in all nursing units; sets minimum staffing requirements; requires every such facility to submit a documented staffing plan to the department on an annual basis and upon application for an operating certificate; requires acute care facilities to maintain staffing records during all shifts; authorizes nurses to refuse work assignments if the assignment exceeds the nurse's abilities or if minimum staffing is not present; requires public access to documented staffing plans; imposes civil penalties for violations of such provisions; establishes private right of action for nurses discriminated against for refusing any illegal work assignment.
Establishes the city of White Plains industrial development agency and provides for its functions, powers, and duties.
Requires an independent pretrial services agent to interview each criminal defendant and make recommendations to the court prior to the issuance of a securing order for that criminal defendant; prohibits setting bail to secure attendance of a defendant at future court proceedings; establishes a preference for release on the defendant's own recognizance or release subject to conditions established by the court.
Relates to human trafficking awareness and training; requires employees of lodging facilities to have training in the recognition of a human trafficking victim; requires the division of criminal justice services, the office of temporary and disability assistance and the New York state interagency task force to approve a human trafficking recognition training program; requires the posting of information on the national human trafficking hotline telephone number.
Provides for bilingual voting materials.
Establishes contract requirements for third party litigation financing which includes requiring contracts to contain a right of rescission, a written acknowledgement by the attorney retained, a clear outline of the scheduled fee structure and a no penalty provision.
Relates to establishing the paint stewardship program, minimizing the public sector involvement in the management of post-consumer paint, and negotiating agreements to collect, transport, reuse, recycle, and/or burn for energy recovery at an appropriately licensed facility post-consumer paint using environmentally sound management practices.
Relates to limitations on investments of public pension funds.
Creates the traumatic brain injury trust fund; sets out specific criteria for a qualified individual and sets a $3,000 per year and $100,000 lifetime cap for each individual; establishes a traumatic brain injury trust fund authority to administer the fund; requires 10 percent of the surcharge collected on certain vehicle and traffic law violations be deposited into the traumatic brain injury trust fund.
