Relates to expanding access to advanced courses to improve educational equity beginning with notification to parents and students on the benefits and opportunities offered as well as automatic enrollment opportunities.
Relates to the medical aid in dying act; relates to a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying.
Prohibits the use of consumer credit history in hiring, employment and licensing determinations.
Relates to adding additional chemicals to the list of emerging contaminants; directs the commissioner of health to establish the first list within 90 days and to update the list every three years.
Requires the workers' compensation board to appoint the uninsured employers fund as the insurance carrier in cases when the identity of the responsible insurance carrier for the employer cannot be determined within ten days of the filing of a claim and to proceed with hearings and provide notices necessary to process such claim; makes conforming technical changes.
Relates to authorizing Westchester county to waive certain fees for veterans' organizations.
Relates to telecommunication companies blocking certain numbers.
Authorizes the retention of federal funds for special education programs for preschool children that are subject to tuition rate reconciliation.
Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to include a space on the personal income tax return for taxpayers to check off if they wish to contribute to the state library aid program for financial support for public libraries.
Removes the prohibition on individuals convicted of a felony that prevents them from being appointed fiduciary of an estate; allows the court the discretion to permit or prevent such appointment of an individual convicted of a felony.
