Establishes radon measurement license and radon mitigation license requirements; defines terms; establishes powers and duties of the department of labor and of licensees with regards to such licenses; establishes penalties; establishes the radon mitigation and control fund.
Establishes the New York workforce stabilization act; requires certain businesses to conduct artificial intelligence impact assessments on the application and use of such artificial intelligence and to submit such impact assessments to the department of labor prior to the implementation of the artificial intelligence; establishes a surcharge on certain corporations that use artificial intelligence or data mining or have greater than fifteen employees displaced by artificial intelligence of a rate of 2% of the corporation's business income base; defines data mining.
Requires all insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for maternity patients and their newborns for hospital stays of at least 48 hours following childbirth by natural delivery and 96 hours following childbirth by caesarean section; provides such coverage for patients who are recipients of medicaid.
Enacts the college student suicide prevention act to provide for policies, guidelines and training opportunities to effectively and appropriately prevent student suicide, intervene in crisis situations, and support college communities in postvention.
Maddy summaryThis bill creates a legal presumption that heart disease affecting correction officers, correction supervisors, deputy sheriff patrols, and deputy sheriff patrol supervisors in New York was caused by their work. Under the new rules, these employees would automatically be considered to have developed their heart condition while on duty unless the state can prove they had a pre-existing heart issue before starting their job. The legislation applies to members of the state and local employees' retirement system and allows them to receive disability benefits or death benefits for heart-related conditions without needing to prove a direct link to their daily tasks. The law takes effect immediately upon passage.
Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals, including two hours of course work or training encompassing minority healthcare issues; provides an exemption for certain individuals; requires hospitals and facilities to request documentation of the completion of training from employees and prospective employees.
Relates to enacting the "adjacent neighbors' bill of rights"; requires the department of buildings to develop a bulletin known as the "adjacent neighbors' bill of rights" advising homeowners who are adjacent to a property under development or construction of their rights and available resources and post such bulletin on the department's website.
Directs the commissioner of labor to create and distribute to employers written materials regarding mental health services and resources available to employees to be posted in the workplace; directs voluntary guidance for employers to put in place strategies and programs to support the mental health and wellness of their employees; provides that such guidance be in written and digital resources and in English or translated to an additional primary language or languages as applicable.
Maddy summaryThis bill removes the ten-year time limit for charging the crime of persistent sexual abuse, allowing prosecutors to pursue cases based on past actions regardless of how much time has passed. It directly affects individuals who have previously been convicted of specific sexual offenses, such as forcible touching or sexual abuse, by eliminating the requirement that new convictions occur within a decade of the prior ones. The law still requires that a person has been convicted two or more times for these crimes in separate incidents, and it excludes any time spent in prison from the calculation of the time period. Once passed, this change expands the window in which the state can bring charges for this specific felony offense.
Provides "WiFi service" internet access to all individuals residing in temporary housing; relates to funding for internet service under the ConnectAll digital equity grant program.
