Establishes differential payment rates for child care services provided by licensed, registered or enrolled child care providers for providers providing care to children experiencing homelessness, child care providers providing care during nontraditional hours, or in other situations deemed appropriate by a local social services district.
Sen. Andrew Gounardes
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Relates to reviews by the authorities budget office; grants the authorities budget office the authority to commence an action or special proceeding to annul the corporate existence or dissolve a corporation that has acted beyond its capacity or power; makes related provisions.
Authorizes the joint commission on public ethics to provide a training course concerning anti-sexual harassment training for lobbyists; requires lobbyists to complete the course annually.
Establishes energy efficiency measures by the public service commission and NYSERDA including requiring utilities to hire and train employees who are from priority populations or living in areas designated as environmental justice communities.
Prohibits the use of intoxication of the victim as a defense in sex crimes; creates an affirmative defense where the defendant, at the time he or she engaged in the conduct constituting the offense, did not know of the facts or conditions responsible for such lack of consent.
Extends the coverage period for medical assistance to a period of one year beginning on the last day of pregnancy.
Prohibits persons from holding civil office when convicted of certain felonies.
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on food insecurity at public and private higher education institutions.
Makes various provisions regulating the location of environmental facilities to insure equity of treatment for minority communities or economically distressed areas or disadvantaged communities; requires environmental impact statements to state whether the siting of a facility will cause or increase a disproportionate burden on such areas.
Enacts the "roadway excavation quality assurance act"; relates to workers on excavations; provides that utility companies or their contractors shall use competent workers and shall pay the prevailing wage on projects where a permit to use, excavate, or open a street is required to be issued.