Requires hospitals to adopt, implement and periodically update standard protocols for the management of fetal demise.
Provides that every public utility shall provide the commissioner of public service an affidavit annually, that no call centers or other facilities providing customer service have been closed without notice and hearing before the commission; makes related provisions.
Prohibits the use of corporal punishment, as defined by the commissioner of education, in schools.
Requires the SUNY and CUNY boards of trustees and boards of trustees of community colleges to establish a policy for the awarding of posthumous degrees; requires such policy to waive any remaining credits for enrolled matriculated students who die and would otherwise have been eligible for graduation had they been able to complete their academic career.
Establishes venue in actions to recover student debt; provides that in actions to recover student debt owed to the state of New York, the place of trial shall be the residence of the defendant, if one resides in the state.
Requires video cameras to be placed on the entrances/exits of all facilities run by the office for people with developmental disabilities.
Relates to ballots submitted in envelopes that are sealed with tape, paste or any other binding agent or device and have no indication of tampering.
Relates to providing notice of voting rights to persons released from local jails.
Prohibits an employer from requesting or requiring that an employee or applicant for employment disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account or service through specified electronic communications devices.
Provides for crediting of probationary service when a person appointed provisionally in accordance with section sixty-five of the civil service law receives a permanent appointment to the same title.
