Expands eligibility for the tuition assistance program by restoring eligibility to graduate students; makes optional semesters, quarters or terms eligible for awards.
Requires SUNY and CUNY schools with at least twenty-five percent of its undergraduate students living on campus to establish substance use recovery housing programs which shall include on-site counseling, mentoring, and peer support.
Provides for the disclosure of the cause of death of certain companion animals; authorizes the inspection of pet dealers' facilities upon such deaths; requires the department of agriculture and markets develop a rating system for pet dealers and make certain information available on the department's website; requires pet dealers to reimburse consumers if an animal dies within six months of the sale of such animal.
Permits the performance of medical services by a physician assistant without the supervision of a physician as appropriate to the physician assistant's scope of practice, education and training where such physician assistant has practiced for more than three thousand six hundred hours.
Prohibits publicly traded pharmacies with twenty or more stores in this state from establishing or enforcing quotas for duties performed by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, including evaluating or measuring the number of prescriptions filled, services rendered, programs offered and revenue obtained.
Increases the cap on earnings for eligible individuals with no dependents receiving tuition assistance program awards from ten thousand to thirty thousand dollars.
Establishes the small business employees loan forgiveness incentive program for applicants who agree to engage in employment at a small business registered to do business in New York state; establishes the eligibility for such awards; establishes the amount and duration of such awards.