Creates the health insurance guaranty fund.
Sen. James Skoufis
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Increases the survivor's benefit of a retired state employee.
Provides for dispensing emergency contraception under certain conditions.
Relates to increasing the penalties for passing a stopped school bus; requires revocation for second offense.
Enacts the "buy from the backyard act"; requires the office of general services and other state agencies to buy 20% of all their food products from producers and/or processors in New York state; provides that the commissioner of agriculture and markets shall determine the New York food products that are available during the various times during the year; directs such commissioner to report to the governor and the legislature on the implementation of such provisions.
Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to the adoption of instruction in information relating to blood, bone marrow and organ and tissue donations in senior high schools.
Authorizes certain municipalities to add unpaid housing code violation penalties, costs and fines to such municipality's annual tax levy.
Creates the state office of the utility consumer advocate to represent interests of residential utility customers.
Enacts the "New York state living donor support act" to provide state reimbursement to living organ donors, who are state residents, for medical and associated expenses incurred as a result of the organ donation, when the organ donation is made to another resident of the state; requires the provision of information on transplantation to patients with severe kidney disease.
Removes the income earning limitations for police officers employed as school safety officers.