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NYS05304Intro
25%
Relates to the definition of the practice of pharmacy; provides that the state board of pharmacy shall not adopt any rules authorizing a pharmacist to prescribe a controlled drug; repeals provisions related to the collaborative drug therapy managemen...
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2024-01-03
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NYS04240Intro
25%
Relates to establishing the Gold Award and Eagle Scout achievement scholarship; authorizes a scholarship of $500 per year for high school graduates attending a New York state public post-secondary institution who have achieved a Gold Award from the G...
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2024-01-03
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NYS06571Intro
25%
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 tuiti...
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2024-01-03
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NYS07123Intro
25%
Requires student onboarding and ongoing education on reproductive health services available to students including where the closest reproductive health clinics are located; all resources available to a student seeking reproductive health services inc...
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2024-01-03
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NYS02544Intro
25%
Modernizes the practice of podiatry specifically relating to ankle surgery.
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2024-01-03
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NYS02595Intro
25%
Creates the city university of New York center for excellence in urban education to enhance the quality of teaching in public schools in NYC; establishes the regents public school teacher loan forgiveness program to allocate awards annually to teache...
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2024-01-03
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NYS05556Intro
25%
Requires SUNY and CUNY schools to refund students for housing credits and boarding charges used or charged for the period of time when such schools are closed or shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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2024-01-03
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NYS05271Intro
25%
Increases the minimum tuition assistance program award; increases the maximum parental income amount.
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2024-01-03
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NYS02361Intro
25%
Establishes a state university of New York career pilot program to encourage individuals in college to enter the financial planning industry; utilizes campus resources to encourage a well-rounded program and diverse student involvement.
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2024-01-03
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NYS02790Intro
25%
Allows for unlicensed individuals to collect throat or nasopharyngeal swab specimens and to perform certain nursing tasks during a state disaster emergency.
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2024-01-03
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NYS06991Intro
25%
Relates to admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs.
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2024-01-03
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NYS07931Intro
25%
Increases the minimum tuition assistance program award from five hundred dollars to one thousand dollars.
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2024-01-03
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NYS01594Intro
25%
Establishes certification procedures for the profession of nurse anesthesia; provides for the issuance of a certification to practice as a certified registered nurse anesthetist upon the filing of an application, having a license as a registered prof...
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2024-01-03
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NYS02049Engross
50%
Permits persons 65 years of age or over to enroll in a limited number of state university and city university courses for credit without tuition.
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2024-01-03
[Hearing: May 7 @ 11:30 am]
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NYS03411Intro
25%
Makes tuition free for New York state residents at SUNY and CUNY schools and community colleges; requires state residency and employment for a period of five years after completion of academic program.
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2024-01-03
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NYS04027Intro
25%
Creates the New York state public sector employee loan forgiveness program for graduates of SUNY or CUNY schools employed in a state or local public sector position.
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2024-01-03
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NYS00634Engross
50%
Renames the state aid for certain independent institutions of higher learning to the Leonard P. Stavisky student success grants; requires certain institutions and colleges to submit a report on the use of the state aid apportionment received includin...
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2024-01-03
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NYS01049Intro
25%
Provides that an applicant with a bachelor's degree or higher in engineering technology and an applicant with a bachelor's degree or higher in engineering shall have the same number of education and experience credit requirements, shall have the same...
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2024-01-03
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NYS05432Intro
25%
Provides for the disclosure of the cause of death of certain companion animals; authorizes the inspection of pet dealers' facilities upon such deaths; requires the department of agriculture and markets develop a rating system for pet dealers and make...
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2024-01-03
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NYS00982Engross
50%
Permits an exception from registration for nonresident pharmacies in cases of a specific patient need or a declared public health emergency under certain conditions.
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2024-01-03
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NYS06872Intro
25%
Adopts the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact (Part A); adopts the Interstate Occupational Therapy Compact (Part B); and adopts the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (Part C).
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2024-01-03
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NYS00038Intro
25%
Authorizes colleges to offer additional programs or degrees if they have met certain criteria.
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2024-01-03
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NYS00290Intro
25%
Provides for the trustees of the state university of New York to establish a four-year college of engineering and applied sciences in the city of Yonkers within the state university system.
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2024-01-03
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NYS06819Intro
25%
Provides for the licensing of professional and clinical music therapists encompassing the assessment, evaluation, and the therapeutic intervention and treatment of mental, emotional, developmental and behavioral disorders through the use of music.
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2024-01-03
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NYS05722Intro
25%
Creates the child care professionals loan forgiveness incentive program for applicants who agree to engage in employment in the child care field; establishes the eligibility for such awards; establishes the amount and duration of such awards.
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2024-01-03
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NYS02578Intro
25%
Increases the cap on earnings for eligible individuals with no dependents receiving tuition assistance program awards from ten thousand to thirty thousand dollars.
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2024-01-03
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NYS02638Intro
25%
Establishes the student loan borrower bill of rights to protect borrowers and ensure that student loan servicers act more as loan counselors than debt collectors.
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2024-01-03
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NYS07432Intro
25%
Authorizes physicians licensed in another state or territory of the United States to practice time-limited follow-up care via telehealth in NYS pursuant to a reciprocal agreement; requires annual authorization.
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2024-01-03
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NYS06729Intro
25%
Allows withdrawals from family tuition accounts to pay for treatment of substance use disorder, including detoxification and rehabilitation for the designated beneficiary.
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2024-01-03
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NYS07241Intro
25%
Requires certain health care providers to disclose the fact that the provider is on probation to current and new patients.
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2024-01-03
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NYS07390Intro
25%
Prohibits the use of SUNY dormitories for the purposes of providing permanent or temporary housing for migrant populations; requests the board of trustees adopt a policy stating such.
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2024-01-03
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NYS03412Intro
25%
Relates to the registration of new curricula or programs of study offered by a not-for-profit college or university; provides for the procedures to have such curricula or programs of study approved by the department of education.
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2024-01-03
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NYS01837Intro
25%
Relates to tuition scholarship award programs for certain resident and non-resident medical students attending approved medical programs on a full-time basis.
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2024-01-03
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NYS00766Intro
25%
Relates to the New York state district attorney and indigent legal services attorney loan forgiveness program; allows absence because of uniformed service, maternity/paternity, FMLA, or due to compensable injury to be creditable time.
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2024-01-03
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NYS04157Intro
25%
Relates to establishing the New York state loan redemption program for certain public school teachers.
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2024-01-03
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NYS04454Intro
25%
Relates to expedited teaching licensing by certain military spouses that hold a license in good standing in another state.
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2024-01-03
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NYS07330Intro
25%
Provides free SUNY and CUNY tuition, books, and fees to all current New York state and New York city employees who have been such employees for at least two years, and who continue such employment throughout their academic program.
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2024-01-03
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NYS05452Intro
25%
Prohibits legacy preference as eligible criteria for admission standards or for participation in state awards programs; defines terms.
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2024-01-03
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NYS05839Intro
25%
Establishes a COVID-19 essential workers scholarship program to award annual scholarships to essential employees who worked during the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and children of essential employees who have died as a result...
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2024-01-03
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NYS07355Intro
25%
Permits dentists to administer vaccinations against human papillomavirus.
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2024-01-03
[Hearing: May 7 @ 11:30 am]
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NYS01255Intro
25%
Relates to the membership of the board of trustees of the state university of New York; reduces the number of trustees appointed by the governor from fifteen to ten; adds one trustee appointment by the speaker of the assembly, one by the temporary pr...
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2024-01-03
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NYS04461Intro
25%
Creates a service learning program for students serving as active volunteer firefighters or volunteer ambulance workers; mandates certain features of such program.
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2024-01-03
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NYS06790Intro
25%
Establishes a seven member task force to create a comprehensive plan for the future of the Southampton campus of Stony Brook University; empowers the task force to appoint a 15 member community advisory board; makes related provisions.
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2024-01-03
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NYS00529Intro
25%
Requires degree-granting institutions of higher education to make certain biennial disclosures and to conspicuously publish the report on the website of such institution and submit the website address of such report to the department.
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2024-01-03
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NYS07214Intro
25%
Relates to dental laboratories; defines terms; requires any dental laboratory operating, doing business, or intending to operate or do business in this state to register with the department of education; makes related provisions.
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2024-01-03
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NYS05717Intro
25%
Increases the income eligibility threshold for the tuition assistance program to $110,000 or the regional median income, whichever is greater; provides regional median income shall be determined by economic development region.
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2024-01-03
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NYS00793Intro
25%
Allows CUNY community college students to transfer all earned credits to a New York state university.
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2024-01-03
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NYS07356Engross
50%
Permits dentists to administer influenza and COVID vaccinations and vaccinations related to a declared public health emergency.
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2024-01-03
[Hearing: May 7 @ 11:30 am]
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NYS07761Intro
25%
Bars a person who is convicted of a hate crime from attending any SUNY or CUNY institution; provides for the expulsion of a student who is convicted of hate crimes; provides for reinstatement of such student if the conviction is subsequently overturn...
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2024-01-03
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NYS00347Intro
25%
Increases the maximum time limits for tuition assistance program awards.
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2024-01-03
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