Enacts protections for private education loan borrowers and cosigners; requires certain notifications from creditors and debt collectors; prohibits acceleration; enacts provisions for cosigner release.
Establishes a clinical preceptorship personal income tax credit for certain health care professionals who provide preceptor instruction to students studying to be a health care professional.
Requires each institution within the state university of New York and the city university of New York offering in-person student instruction to have at least one vending machine making emergency contraception available for purchase.
Establishes through the department of health, in conjunction with the office of addiction services and supports, a drug checking services program to allow individuals to bring drugs or controlled substances and have them tested for contaminants, toxic substances, or hazardous compounds.
Grants access to patient or client records for the Board of Professional Medical Conduct for the purpose of investigation and prosecution of professional licensing and misconduct proceedings.
Establishes an Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leadership institute within the state university of New York as an initiative for Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) leaders in higher education with a mission to retain and grow from within SUNY a greater proportion of Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) professionals at SUNY campuses; creates an eight member advisory council.
Prohibits the higher education services corporation from seeking recovery of awards made in error during certain academic years due to administrative error.
Establishes the green affordable pre-electrification program to assist owners and tenants in residential properties in curing structural and building code defects which render the properties ineligible for climate change adaptation and resiliency project grants.
Maddy summaryThis bill prohibits individuals from openly carrying rifles or shotguns in public, defining open carry as holding the firearm in a way that makes it visible to others. The law applies to anyone who is not a licensed gunsmith or dealer and does not have specific legal exemptions. It includes a six-month grace period allowing people to voluntarily surrender unserialized firearms or parts before they must be registered. Numerous exceptions are provided for law enforcement, military personnel, licensed dealers, hunters, and others engaged in specific official duties or activities like historical reenactments. The prohibition also covers possessing major components of these firearms if the person is otherwise banned from owning guns due to federal restrictions or court orders.
Requires public schools in any city with a population over one million that have at least 25% of students practicing a religious faith with specific dietary restrictions to offer food options which meet such dietary restrictions.
