Establishes hospital-sponsored off campus emergency departments as a "hospital"; sets out specific standards for operations, staffing and capacity requirements.
Authorizes certain nursing students to administer certain vaccines pursuant to patient specific orders or non-patient specific orders; authorizes physicians and certified nurse practitioners to prescribe and order a patient specific order or non-patient specific order to a nursing student to administer certain vaccines.
Includes certain charges of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as a qualifying offense for consideration of an order of recognizance, release under non-monetary conditions or bail.
Prohibits motor vehicle manufacturers and dealers from charging a subscription fee for certain functions of a motor vehicle after the vehicle is sold; provides that any manufacturer, dealer, or agent of a manufacturer or dealer that fails to comply with such requirements shall be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars per point of sale for each violation.
Requires any regulation that mandates prior authorization to establish a mechanism for submission of requests for prior authorization by health care providers directly to the medical indemnity fund; requires the medical indemnity fund administrator to notify qualified plaintiffs which costs are qualifying health care costs to be paid from the fund and which are not within a reasonably prompt period of time.
Requires any elected or appointed coroner who is not a licensed physician to be a certified nurse practitioner or licensed physician assistant authorized to practice medicine in this state.
Requires railroad corporations to inform the division of homeland security and emergency services, department of environmental conservation and department of transportation about freight rail trains transporting hazardous materials prior to traveling on tracks within the state.
Requires state agencies to measure, collect, report, and utilize metrics relating to the experience of residents interacting with agencies to improve provision of services to the people of the state, and to provide a biannual report to the governor and legislature.
Relates to the issuance of appearance tickets for certain violations of the agriculture and markets law when the person is charged with a crime for which the court may order the posting of a security.
Requires certain joint tax returns pertaining to residential real estate cash purchases by limited liability companies to be accompanied by a document which identifies the source or sources of funds used for the purchase, including the type of funding used, the bank account information of any funds used in the purchase and the amount used by each source of funds.
Exempts private investigators from restrictions on possessing a weapon in sensitive and restrictive locations while traveling to and from and during the course of their employment and at any necessary and appropriate location during work hours; clarifies that a security guard may possess a weapon going to and from work.