Requires all school districts to have a licensed physical education teacher.
Sen. Gustavo Rivera
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Provides taxpayers with a modification reducing federal adjusted gross income for tuition paid at any higher education institution.
Enables veterans to receive benefit information upon applying for or renewing a driver's license.
Prohibits an owner from adjusting the amount of preferential rent, rent charged and paid by the tenant which is less than the legal regulated rent for the housing accommodation, upon the renewal of a lease; only allows the owner to make such adjustments upon a vacancy which is not the result of the failure of the owner to maintain a habitable residence.
Relates to the definition of qualified agencies; adds public defenders, legal aid societies, and assigned counsel administrators.
Requires the education department to produce an annual report regarding state workforce projections and education credential production.
Relates to prohibiting ownership or control of managed long term care plans by health maintenance organizations or insurers.
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.
Relates to certificates to a charitable bail organization to deposit money as bail under certain circumstances.
Requires that every subcontracted transportation center service worker shall be compensated at a rate that is no less than the applicable standard rate for subcontracted transportation center service workers.