Requires mandatory health insurance coverage for acupuncture services upon the prescription of a health care provider acting within the provider's scope of practice.
Requires the court to advise a defendant that if such defendant is a noncitizen resident and is convicted of a crime, whether by plea or trial, such conviction may result in such defendant's deportation; allows a withdrawal of a plea of guilty by a noncitizen resident if such noncitizen resident is threatened with deportation and such noncitizen resident is not so advised of such threat of deportation.
Establishes the home care jobs innovation program and the home care jobs innovation fund to identify, develop and support projects throughout the state designed to increase the number of individuals who become home care workers and to increase the employment retention of individuals who are employed as home care workers; provides for the granting of awards to such projects; makes an appropriation therefor.
Authorizes the liquor authority to establish a liaison with each community board in the city of New York for matters relating to license or permit issuance, renewal, modification and alteration; clarifies the powers and duties of the New York alcoholic beverage control problem premises task force.
Enacts the "the empire state enhanced public payment system act" directing the department of financial services to develop, establish, and maintain a value storage and payment platform consisting of a digital master account and coordinate a system of individual wallets that enable payments to move between such individual wallets or payment accounts for use of New York residents.
Enacts the "independent senior housing resident freedom of choice act" to authorize persons in independent housing, shelters and residences to receive services they could otherwise receive if they resided in a private residence.
Requires a business entity in violation of worker protection or environmental laws and regulations to surrender all previous state subsidies issued to such business entity.
Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older if they have served at least fifteen years of their sentence or sentences.
Establishes the "clean fuel standard of 2026"; provides such standard is intended to reduce greenhouse gas intensity from the on-road transportation sector, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology.
Defines the term "construction projects" to mean the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of any school building where a district receives any apportionment for debt service or building aid and the school building is sited within the Long Island region; provides that each contract involving the award of a construction project shall require the use of a project labor agreement for all contractors and subcontractors on such project.