Relates to including outpatient care provided by creative arts therapists in certain insurance policies covering care for other mental health services.
Creates the office of the correctional ombudsman to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners; designates investigators of the office of the correctional ombudsman as peace officers; authorizes the attorney general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense committed by an employee of the department of corrections and community supervision in connection with his or her official duties; relates to the confidentiality of certain records; includes the office of the correctional ombudsman records within the definition of public safety agency records; makes related provisions.
Provides remedies for disrupted voting times and locations during elections.
Relates to the creation of a court appointed advocate for animals.
Establishes sales tax exemptions for residential and commercial energy storage systems equipment.
Establishes new targets for offshore wind electricity generation; includes the requirements that there is at least 9,900 megawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2035, 15,800 megawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2040, at least 18,000 megawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2045 and at least 20,000 megawatts of offshore wind electricity generation by 2050.
Expedites MTA capital project improvement, construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation by establishing a process for utility relocation necessary for such project.
Requires all public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in the state that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program as provided in the national child nutrition act to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to the student.
Provides that consent to sexual contact is a knowing, voluntary, and mutual decision among all participants; makes related provisions.
Retroactively adjusts the compensation of formerly incarcerated individuals who were unjustly convicted; exempts such adjusted income from state income taxes.
