Allows a voter to request an absentee ballot where such person is concerned of contracting or spreading a disease that may cause illness to the voter or to other members of the public.
Relates to strengthening of utility storm response and compliance.
Requires long term care insurance carriers who propose to raise long term care insurance premiums to obtain prior approval of the superintendent of financial services.
Requires the superintendent of financial services to make public any rate filing or application submitted by long term care insurance carriers who propose to raise long term care insurance premiums; establishes the superintendent shall make such rate filing or application publicly available on the department's website within seven days and shall provide for a process for the public to comment on such rate filing or application for a period of thirty days after the rate filing or application is made publicly available; requires that the superintendent, in making a determination to approve, disapprove, or modify any such filing or application, shall consider the best interests of the policy holders and certificate holders and shall render a decision in writing.
Relates to utilizing community preservation funds for acquisitions.
Provides a tax credit for certain taxpayers who suffer the birth of a stillborn child.
Grants a state personal income tax deduction for retirement plan distributions used to purchase long-term care insurance; exempts distributions from individual retirement accounts and individual retirement annuities from state personal income taxation when such distributions are used to purchase long-term health care insurance.
Establishes the flood mitigation and prevention task force to evaluate ways of protecting communities and residents of the state from flooding.
Requires utility companies maintain a toll free number for consumers to call to report service outages which shall be made available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Establishes a COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program; implements a program of rental and utility payment assistance to eligible households; defines terms.
