Requires batteries for bicycles with electric assist and electric scooters to be tested and approved by certain testing laboratories.
Requires the commissioner of health to establish regional minimum hourly base reimbursement rates for home care aides.
Ensures that temporary protected status beneficiaries continue to receive Medicaid benefits if the federal government ends the program.
Establishes a committee to study the feasibility of funding a kindergarten to college/career ready program and a universal college savings account.
Requires the department of health to publish a report on the incidence of tick-borne illnesses annually on the department's website; requires the department to submit an annual report to the governor and the leaders of the legislature; requires the superintendent of financial services to review the status of health insurance coverage for the treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne related diseases and to submit a report to the governor and the leaders of the legislature.
Requires notice and additional review for managed care providers of the methodologies and fee schedules and other materials used for determining medicaid reimbursement rates.
Requires electric companies to provide alternative measures to ensure customers with documented need for essential electricity for medical needs have access to electricity during power outages; requires electric companies to provide generators or lodging for such individuals and transportation for medical devices.
Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.
