Allows pharmacies to store medication in automated dispensing machines if a contractual agreement is in place with a nursing home or healthcare facility at such facility for the residents.
Establishes the New York Teach Program conditional tuition waiver; requires participants to teach at hard to staff school districts for four years after graduation in order to have tuition waived in full for accelerated bachelor's and master's degree programs in education.
Enhances supports and services for students with disabilities for postsecondary success starting in the 2023-2024 academic year; funds shall be appropriated proportionally for each student with a disability enrolled in an institution of higher education.
Grants access to patient or client records for the Board of Professional Medical Conduct for the purpose of investigation and prosecution of professional licensing and misconduct proceedings.
Establishes the veteran career assistance program within the SUNY and CUNY systems to provide veterans with assistance in resume writing and employment placement services.
Relates to allowing certain applicants for licensure as a nurse or physician who are currently licensed and in good standing in another state or territory to be granted authorization to practice in this state for a limited period of time pending a determination on licensure.
Updates the educational requirements for the practice of physical therapy; requires individuals to have received a doctoral degree or an education determined equivalent in physical therapy.
Increases the amount of income eligible for income base reductions in certain tuition assistance program awards for students who have been granted exclusion of parental income and are single with no dependent, or who have a spouse but no other dependent, for income tax purposes.
Permits tuition assistance program awards to be made to part-time students enrolled in certain degree granting institutions chartered or authorized by the New York state board of regents.
Expands the permitted use of proceeds from the lease of lands located at the state university of New York at Purchase to support current full-time faculty positions.
Expands the veterans tuition awards program to include all persons who were honorably discharged and were residents of the state before and after serving in the armed forces of the United States; provides veterans an award equal to the in-state tuition paid at a state university for each semester the veteran is engaged in undergraduate, graduate or vocational study.
Requires the state university trustees to establish a process to eliminate or reduce duplication of academic degree programs within the state university system.
Relates to requiring the use of project labor agreements for large scale construction projects under the state university construction fund; provides an exception to such requirement may be granted; provides that the fund may require every contractor become party to a project labor agreement.