Relates to the mitigation of the severity of climate change; requires the state to create a binding plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by eighty-five percent, based on 1990 emissions levels, and meeting one hundred percent of electricity needs from fossil fuel-free resources by 2050.
Relates to establishing requirements for residential health care facilities during a state disaster emergency involving a disease outbreak; requires the department of health to issue guidance regarding precautions and procedures to maintain health and safety; establishes residential healthcare facility reporting requirements.
Permits unemployment benefits in the case of voluntary separation from employment during the COVID-19 emergency for persons over age 65 or persons with health conditions which make them at risk where the claimant has a reasonable belief that their working environment is unsafe.
Relates to inheritance by children conceived after the death of a genetic parent; provides that a genetic child is a distributee of his or her genetic parent if, absent clear and convincing evidence of a contrary intention of the deceased genetic parent, it is established that the person giving birth to the child is the surviving spouse of the genetic parent; the genetic material was collected after the genetic parent's death; and at the time of the genetic parent's death no divorce proceeding was pending.
Provides requirements for sick leave and the provision of certain employee benefits when such employee is subject to a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19, in relation to practices and procedures for documenting mandatory and precautionary orders of quarantine or isolation.
Provides extensions for certain medical debt and insurance premiums related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Provides real property tax relief during the COVID-19 state of emergency by waiving interest and penalties for unpaid property taxes where an owner has suffered economic hardship during such emergency.
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.
Prohibits negative credit reporting on consumers who have suffered financial harm as a result of the declared state of emergency relating to the coronavirus.
Provides that payment for the use of vacation, holiday, personal or sick days shall not affect eligibility for unemployment benefits.
