Applies a special Medicaid rate of no less than one hundred twenty percent of the fee-for-service rate for residential health care facilities located in a county larger than two thousand square miles and operated by an organization with two hundred fifty certified beds or more.
Requires the use of canines for contraband screening at correctional facilities housing one hundred or more inmates.
Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities including canines at the entrances and a third-party secure vendor mail program.
Authorizes municipalities to contract for services through contracts let by any other governmental entity.
Requires a call-blocking service to be provided in state contracts that include procurement of a voice service; provides that a voice service provider shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for failure of a call-blocking service to block a call, or mistakenly blocking a call that should not have been blocked.
Authorizes the participation by free association libraries in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.
Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer real property from the St. Lawrence psychiatric center to the city of Ogdensburg.
Establishes the governor's military council for purposes of growing and protecting major military activities in the state, to leverage such military activities into creating additional defense-related jobs, and to help local units of government improve the quality of life of members of the armed forces and their families in New York state.
Requires applicants for certain nursing licenses and certifications to complete a course in the prevention of human trafficking; directs the commissioners of education and health to develop such training and regulations; directs that certain forfeited funds be used to reimburse actual costs expended for the development of such training.
Relates to the purchase of zero-emission buses and the procurement of electric-powered buses, vehicles or other related equipment.
