Establishes the Take A Look medical and dental workforce employment tour pilot program which is a campaign to promote and market the health care workforce employment and career opportunities in the following economic development regions: central, north country, western, finger lakes, capital region, mohawk and southern tier.
Directs the secretary of state to establish a Native nation consultation policy used by state agencies in instances where a proposal by such agency that would affect indigenous communities is under consideration.
Requires notice and additional review for managed care providers of the methodologies and fee schedules and other materials used for determining medicaid reimbursement rates.
Prohibits public employers from diminishing health insurance benefits provided to retirees and their dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and dependents by the public employer as of December 31, 2021.
Relates to excluding renewable energy pilot projects and certain energy system-related payments in lieu of taxes from tax cap calculations, and to the establishment of a distributed generation energy development program that provides a single forum for state-level appeals for proposed distributed generation energy facilities.
Establishes a captive insurance program for commuter vans, black cars, ambulettes and paratransit vehicles, small school buses, and charter buses that are engaged in the business of carrying or transporting eight to twenty-four passengers for hire; pre-arranged for-hire vehicles and accessible vehicles; defines terms.
Provides for medicaid reimbursement for emergency medical services when treatment in place is administered and/or when transportation is provided to alternative health care settings instead of a general hospital.
Allows homeless youth to give effective consent to certain medical, dental, health, and hospital services; provides for insurance coverage of such health care services consented to by such youth.
Requires funding for special education services and programs for preschool children with disabilities to cover joint classroom instruction for such children with disabilities and other children for the same number of hours each day.
Requires all state agencies and offices to cease purchasing single-use plastic water bottles; authorizes the commissioner of the office of general services to enter into contracts for the installation of water bottle filling stations in state buildings; provides for the purchase of single-use plastic water bottles under certain circumstances; requires each state agency to submit a report to the state procurement council and to the New York state climate action council containing a summary of the steps they have taken to comply with the directive.
Creates a single, streamlined process whereby a facility or program operating both a pre-kindergarten program and a daycare program may apply for and receive any certification, licensing, or other requirement otherwise necessary to operate a pre-kindergarten program or daycare program under the laws of the state.