Establishes visiting policies for incarcerated people, to provide incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.
Relates to orders of protection expiration dates and the duration of temporary orders of protection in juvenile delinquency cases; requires expiration dates for orders of protection under certain articles of the family court act to be plainly stated; provides that a temporary order of protection in juvenile delinquency cases may remain in effect for an initial period of up to thirty days and may be extended by the court for good cause, upon notice to the juvenile; provides that the juvenile has a right to counsel upon the extension of the order of protection.
Grants medical assistance eligibility for organ transplant expenses for residents of New York who are otherwise eligible for benefits except for their immigration status.
Decreases the frequency of lock-down drills in schools; directs that such drills shall be implemented with a trauma-informed approach; permits parents to opt their children out of such drills.
Implements several programs to improve indoor air quality, including establishing photo-catalytic air scavenging technology certification centers and a weatherization and energy efficiency training program; establishes the office of workforce development and indoor air quality management training, minimum wage rates for indoor air quality workers, and the indoor air quality fund.
Provides for the reinstatement of state recognition and acknowledgement of the Montaukett Indian Nation; provides that the Montaukett Indian nation shall have a chief or sachem, three tribal trustees and a tribal secretary; provides for the qualification of voters; makes related provisions.
Makes technical amendments to a chapter authorizing the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland a portion of real property in the borough of Brooklyn and to transfer such lands to the metropolitan transportation authority.
Sets reimbursement rates for essential safety net hospitals at no less than regional average commercial rates for health care services provided by all hospitals in the same geographic region.
Authorizes fiat-collateralized stablecoins as a form of bail; directs the commissioner of taxation and finance, in conjunction with the chief justice of the unified court system and the director of the office of information technology services, to promulgate rules and regulations identifying forms of fiat-collateralized stablecoin acceptable for posting bail to establish a system for the administration of the acceptance, recording and processing of stablecoins as a means of securing bail.
Requires the chief administrator of the courts and the office of information technology services to develop a portal for the exchange of discovery in criminal cases.