Provides increases in the rates of payment for certified home health agencies; directs the commissioner of health to establish minimum standards and a minimum benchmark for home care service payments by any Medicaid payor.
Establishes the clinical trial access and education fund to provide grants to eligible applicants to provide certain services for patients with life-threatening or disabling conditions or diseases.
Requires that regular dredging of navigable waterways is scheduled in order to plan and finance to ensure the safe navigability and reliability of waterways in this state; requires a scheduled plan to be filed with DEC.
Establishes procedures for temporary custody orders that include a fifty-fifty rebuttable presumption that the parents shall have temporary joint legal and shared physical custody and shall share equal parenting time.
Requires a disclosure form for the surrender of a dog to a shelter, pound or dog protective association detailing the reasons for surrender and any aggressive tendencies of such dog.
Exempts certain not-for-profit corporations from the real estate transfer tax if such conveyance is to a food relief organization for the purpose of providing food for free to persons experiencing food insecurity.