Allows withdrawals from family tuition accounts to pay for treatment of substance use disorder, including detoxification and rehabilitation for the designated beneficiary.
Enacts the "regulatory fiscal accountability act of 2023"; requires every proposed rule, authorized by law and having a fiscal impact in excess of ten million dollars, to be approved by a two-thirds vote of each of the appropriate legislative committees; requires proposed rules and executive orders affecting political subdivisions to include fiscal notes.
Provides that any special act school districts established pursuant to Chapter 566 of the Laws of 1967 shall be held harmless from any reduction in tuition revenue or any tuition rate calculation and/or rate reconciliation arising out of intake closure or limits on the entry of new student placements.
Expands the veterans tuition awards program to include all persons who were honorably discharged and were residents of the state before and after serving in the armed forces of the United States; provides veterans an award equal to the in-state tuition paid at a state university for each semester the veteran is engaged in undergraduate, graduate or vocational study.
Requires child day care centers, family day care homes, and any child day care provider notify the municipality in which they intend to operate of their intent to request such a license or registration provided such child day care center, family day care home, or child day care provider is located within a city with a population of one million or more.
Expands the food donation and food scraps recycling program by scaling down the annual average tonnage requirement every two years until 2028; removes exceptions regarding recycler capacity.
Increases the amount of years of military service credit a member may purchase from three years to four years; provides that the provisions of such act shall not be subject to the requirement that the state shall make an equal payment to the retirement system.
Requires the state shall offer a statewide emergency services internet protocol network (ESINet) available for connection to local public safety answering points (PSAPs).
Prohibits the application of pesticides to certain local freshwater wetlands for local governments that have implemented a freshwater wetlands protection law; provides that any local law or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall take effect on the first day of January after it shall have been adopted.