Establishes a civil remedy for the protection of animals denied proper care by creating a special proceeding in the supreme court that will hold owners and caretakers liable if such animals under their care are mistreated.
Enacts "Tucker's law"; removes the provision that provides that any term of imprisonment for a violation of aggravated cruelty to animals may not exceed two years.
Maddy summaryS 1664 provides officers from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) with access to live scan fingerprinting systems. This change allows SPCA officers to independently complete arrests by taking fingerprints using this technology. The bill directly affects SPCA officers and individuals they arrest, enabling these officers to process arrests without needing assistance from other law enforcement agencies for fingerprinting.
Establishes standards for newly installed underground facilities related to locatability and mapping; defines terms; requires the public service commission to establish implementation schedules for locatability and as-built location information.
Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness; increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients.
Requires genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed; provides insurers cannot require access to genetic testing results and cannot take adverse action against someone for not providing genetic testing results.
Includes offenses involving situations where a person physically harms another or engages in conduct that results in an unacceptable level of danger as qualifying offenses for the purpose of allowing a principal to be eligible to be held on bail; requires the Office of Court Administration, in conjunction with the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, to manage an electronic tracking system maintaining a record of all bail decisions and to deliver a report to the legislature.
Expands Medicaid coverage to include pharmacological treatment for hyperhidrosis when such treatment is ordered by a physician, registered physician assistant, or registered nurse practitioner; provides that the provisions shall not take effect unless all necessary approvals under federal law and regulation have been obtained to receive federal financial participation in the costs.
Relates to off premise retail license holders; increases the number of licenses authorized under section 63 of the alcoholic beverage control law from one to two licenses.
Enacts the lift our communities advertise locally (LOCAL) program which provides a tax credit on advertising for locally owned minority-owned and women-owned business enterprises, certified service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises or a small business.
