Relates to requiring utility pole owners and attachers to submit an annual report on pole attachments; repeals certain provisions relating to requirements for right-of-way permits.
Relates to finding alternatives to the use of pesticides in the monarch preservation plan and allowing agricultural lands that are not in active production be used to enhance the monarch butterfly habitat.
Provides a rebuttable presumption relating to recertification as a minority and women-owned business enterprise if there is no change in the ownership or capital contribution relied upon for certification of the enterprise and no material change in the nature or management of the enterprise from the time of approval of the previous minority and women-owned business enterprise certification.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires New York Medicaid and private health insurers to cover blood testing for PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) when ordered by a licensed physician or healthcare provider. It applies to all comprehensive health insurance plans, including Medicaid, and defines PFAS as specific chemicals linked to environmental contamination. Coverage must be provided for the testing itself, though the bill notes that Medicaid coverage depends on available federal funding. The law takes effect January 1, 2027, for new or renewed policies.
Establishes the crime of corporate catastrophe; defines catastrophe as widespread injury or damage by explosion, fire, flood, avalanche, collapse of building, release of poison gas, radioactive material or other harmful or destructive force or substance, or by any other means of causing potentially widespread injury or damage; establishes crimes for causing, risking, or failing to prevent a catastrophe.
Relates to advertising for bids and offers; letting of contracts; raises the aggregate amount for sealed bids above the current levels for commodities from $20,000 to $75,000 and public works from $35,000 to $125,000.
Prohibits law enforcement officers from arresting a person solely based on certain characteristics including race or ethnicity, language or accent, location where found, or type of job; establishes a penalty for officers who have violated such provisions.
Establishes the managed long term care high acuity stabilization pool to support managed long term care plans that demonstrate high performance on quality measures established by the department and serve a disproportionately high share of members with complex long term care needs or high service utilization.
Establishes the youth justice innovation fund to make funds available to community-based organizations for services and programs with the purpose of youth development and preventing youth arrest and incarceration.
Establishes the incentive and career exclusion for officers unethically targeting New York act to prohibit persons who were employed by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations on or after January 20, 2025 from being eligible for New York state workforce recruitment programs or resources; allows exceptions to such prohibition on a case-by-case basis.
