Requires the department of environmental conservation to post draft strategies and methodology developed no later than July 1, 2024; requires at least one public hearing and posting of the final goal strategies and methodology on such department's website.
Directs the department of agriculture and markets, in cooperation with NYSERDA, to produce and distribute guidance and educational materials for farmers on the use of agrivoltaics in farming no later than one year after chapter 629 of the laws of 2022 takes effect.
Clarifies that a plan for the delivery of medical supplies and medications to pharmacies, hospitals and nursing homes in affected areas during a state disaster emergency is required.
Prohibits agencies from charging a fee for records where an electronic copy is already available from a previous request made within the past six months except for the actual cost of a storage device or media if provided to the requester.
Requires the commissioner of general services to maintain a list of all state boards; requires each state board to maintain a publicly accessible website; requires each website associated with a state board to include certain information about such state board; changes the effectiveness of chapter 219 to November 1, 2013.
Requires state approved education or training programs required for certification or recertification of home health aides, personal care aides, and certified nurse aides to include training in working with patients of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions within twelve months; eliminates the requirement of such training for personal care staff.
Requires the commissioner of the office of mental health to provide monthly status reports of the community investments and the impact on inpatient census to the chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee and to post such report on the office's website.
Relates to the effectiveness of certain curriculum requirements related to human trafficking awareness to be included in alcohol training awareness programs.
Creates a natural fiber textile development workgroup to study and identify methods of advancing the animal and plant based textile industry in this state.
Authorizes public requests for information from any county, city, town, or village desiring to have a memorial located within their municipality listed within the veterans memorial registry; directs the department of veterans' services to establish a veterans memorial registry.
Provides that no person shall sell or offer for sale any cosmetic product or personal care product containing mercury, other than in trace amounts allowed by the food and drug administration as unavoidable under conditions of good manufacturing practice or necessary for use as a preservative in the absence of an effective and safe nonmercurial preservative substitute.
Directs that when soliciting a contract for the purchase of rock salt or sodium chloride, any department or agency of the state, any department or agency of a political subdivision, any public authority, or the commissioner of transportation, may award such contract to the responsible and reliable bidder offering to supply rock salt or sodium chloride that is mined or hand harvested in the United States, and which offer is within ten percent of the lowest price or best value offer, rather than to the lowest responsible and reliable bidder.