Increases temporary and permanent disability payments for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers, and specifies weekly payment amounts for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers injured in the line of duty on or after July first, two thousand twenty-six.
Relates to establishing the empire state public bank to use the state's depository assets to generate additional benefit for the people and the economy of the state.
Directs the issuance of special number and distinctive license plates for military service members and members of veterans organizations without payment of service charges or renewal fees.
Directs the commissioner of motor vehicles adopt rules and regulations for the registration of, and issuance of special license plates and stickers for, electric motor vehicles; establishes a period of free parking for electric motor vehicles in a city with a population of one million or more persons; provides for decreased bridge and tunnel tolls for electronic motor vehicles utilizing certain bridges and tunnels in a city with a population of one million or more persons; establishes a period of free parking for electric motor vehicles at certain facilities and provides for decreased bridge and tunnel tolls for electronic motor vehicles utilizing certain bridges and tunnels operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; directs certain entities to coordinate regarding the provision of certain information.
Requires applicants for registration of hybrid vehicles to submit proof of the make, model and model year of the motor vehicle for which registration is being applied, to the commissioner; establishes that after such proof is submitted, certificates of registration shall display the markings "qualified hybrid vehicle" and such vehicle's US EPA highway fuel economy rating of 45 mpg or more.
Expands protections regarding violations of safety conditions in adult care facilities; provides penalties for safety violations and operating without a valid license; prohibits reductions in fines in certain circumstances where a patient is endangered or harmed.
Requires health care plans and payors to have a minimum of twelve and one-half percent of their total expenditures on physical and mental health annually be for primary care services.