Establishes the New York state nursing faculty scholarship incentive program for advanced degrees in nursing; provides such incentives shall be awarded annually, on a competitive basis, to registered professional nurses and certified nurse practitioners who are in a masters or doctoral program and agree to teach nursing for one year for each year such incentive is awarded.
Requires a call-blocking service to be provided in state contracts that include procurement of a voice service; provides that a voice service provider shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability for failure of a call-blocking service to block a call, or mistakenly blocking a call that should not have been blocked.
Allows for individuals to enroll in the national bone marrow donor program at the time of application for or renewal of a driver's license or non-driver identification card; directs the commissioner of motor vehicles to develop license application and renewal forms, and directions accompanying such forms to advise applicants of the existence of the national marrow donor program and to provide an opportunity for applicants to enroll in such national marrow donor program.
Establishes the senior housing accessibility study group to examine and make recommendations for amending the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code to improve and enhance accessibility requirements for all newly constructed or substantially reconstructed senior housing developments.
Requires a state agency to get approval from the senate and the assembly prior to adopting or readopting a rule on an emergency basis unless such rule is necessary on an emergency basis for the preservation of the public health, safety and general welfare of the public.
Requires hospitals to provide information on care and resources for brain injuries to patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury and to also provide such information to a patient's family and/or caregivers.
Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "Trooper Theodore A. Dobbs Memorial Bridge" in the village of Westbury, town of North Hempstead, county of Nassau.