Establishes the New York Health program, a comprehensive system of access to health insurance for New York state residents; provides for administrative structure of the plan; provides for powers and duties of the board of trustees, the scope of benefits, payment methodologies and care coordination; establishes the New York Health Trust Fund which would hold monies from a variety of sources to be used solely to finance the plan; enacts provisions relating to financing of New York Health, including a payroll assessment, similar to the Medicare tax; establishes a temporary commission on implementation of the plan; provides for collective negotiations by health care providers with New York Health.
Sen. Joe Addabbo
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Relates to incubators for entrepreneurial development.
Increases the minimum tuition assistance program award from five hundred dollars to one thousand dollars.
Provides for standardbred equine drug testing standards by permitting the New York state gaming commission to participate in the interstate compact on anti-doping and drug testing standards.
Creates the New York autism spectrum disorders treatment, training and research council; provides for the powers and duties of the council.
Allows for the testing of certain infectious diseases by pharmacists.
Establishes a program of tiered eligibility for services offered by the office for people with developmental disabilities for persons with learning disabilities and other complex neurological impairments.
Relates to the certification of registered nurse anesthetists; provides that for such certification an applicant shall file an application, be licensed as a registered professional nurse, have satisfactorily completed educational preparation for the administration of anesthesia by an accredited entity and pay a fee.
Elevates an assault of a retail worker to the class D felony of assault in the second degree.
Relates to an increase in punishment for certain actions against on-duty auxiliary police officers such as criminally negligent homicide, assault or menacing of such officer.