Clarifies provisions regarding the use of crossbows for hunting, allowing the department of environmental conservation to allow the use of crossbows for the taking of big game in any area long bows are permitted.
Enacts the student suicide prevention act; requires the governing board or body of every local educational agency serving students in grades seven to twelve, to adopt policies, procedures and guidelines on student suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for students in such grades.
Establishes a temporary practice authorization program for physicians, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses to practice in underserved areas.
Exempts certain property located in the city of Glens Falls, county of Warren, from the prohibition of alcohol sales within two hundred feet of a building occupied as a church, synagogue or other place of worship.
Dedicates all that portion of the state highway system constituting bridge number 1007069, located on Union Avenue, state route 9P, crossing interstate 87 in the city of Saratoga Springs, county of Saratoga, to Assembly Member Bobby D'Andrea.
Authorizes members or officers of the state police who were previously firefighters receive credit for such previous firefighter service for the purposes of retirement.
Provides for the designation by a general hospital of persons to identify infectious disease processes, conduct surveillance and epidemiologic investigations, and develop plans to prevent and control the transmission of infectious agents within general hospitals.
Relates to the administration of reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections; provides that no pharmacist shall administer reversible progestin-only contraceptive injections without receiving training satisfactory to the commissioner of education and the commissioner of health.
Authorizes the commissioner of health to approve certain reimbursement rates for certain programs established by not-for-profit and public skilled nursing facilities in upstate New York nursing home regions that are designed to work collaboratively on efforts to improve nursing home efficiency, staffing, and quality of care.