Requires operators of nursing homes and residential health care facilities to provide notification of certain contracts and agreements to all residents, representatives, staff and the office of the long-term care ombudsman.
Authorizes and directs boards of cooperative educational services to establish an agriculture program for students.
Provides that the Governor's annual budget proposal to the Legislature shall include statements of any new legislation, amendment to legislation, or limitation on the effect of any legislation contained in the budget; makes related provisions granting the legislature an equal role with the governor in the budget process.
Increases the number of grand jury stenographers that the district attorney may appoint in the county of Onondaga from three to five.
Enacts "Stephen's law"; requires certified treatment programs to notify patients of their right to name an emergency contact.
Requires adult care facilities to include quality assurance committees; includes a focus on infection control in such facilities' quality assurance plans.
Protects employee freedom of speech and conscience by prohibiting employers from coercing employees into attending or participating in meetings sponsored by the employer concerning the employer's views on political or religious matters.
Establishes the New York works progress program; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Requires residential health care facilities to update residents, authorized family members, and guardians of residents of the presence of an infection and to have in their pandemic emergency plan a plan or procedure for designating a separate cohort area.
Requires that any state program implemented pursuant to an agreement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to obtain federal financial supports for the implementation of a delivery system reform incentive payment ("DSRIP") program shall require that a minimum of forty percent of all funds awarded pursuant to a state DSRIP program, shall be disbursed to community-based health care providers for specific programs and services.
