Provides interest rate limitations for financing arrangements and the extension of consumer credit; relates to the definitions of criminal usury in the first and second degrees; relates to the functions of the attorney general regarding rental purchase agreements.
Provides that the materiality test shall focus on the potential effect of the false record or statement when it is made, not on the actual effect of the false record or statement when it is discovered; provides that unless the attorney general has provided the court with written approval that the qui tam plaintiff may continue the action, the court shall dismiss the action without prejudice to any state or local government; makes related provisions.
Requires hospitals and residential health care facilities to implement a pressure ulcer prevention program; directs the commissioner of health to report on current reimbursement options to reduce pressure ulcers; provides for the establishment of a pressure ulcer prevention center of excellence.
Provides for expedited payments of abandoned property under a certain monetary threshold by the state comptroller pursuant to an abandoned property expedited payment program.