Establishes "rural freshwater improvement and protection program" which provides for upgrading, repairing and replacing septic systems; directs DEC to prepare model ordinances for towns and villages; sets up revolving loan fund for homeowners to conform; also provides tax credit to homeowner. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

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Requires that the board of education or trustees of each school district and board of cooperative educational services to develop for each school within such district an asthma management program to include policies and procedures for the administration of medication and the use of diagnostic and treatment devices for students diagnosed by a physician as having asthma; requires a specific plan of action for school personnel to follow in the event of an acute asthmatic episode. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

Allows punitive damages to be awarded whenever a case of discrimination is established under the human rights law. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

Enacts the access for new Americans act; directs the office of temporary and disability assistance to implement an access for new Americans program; describes such program as including, civic and English classes, assistance with immigration requirements and related legal services, language translation services, employment referrals, and other related services; and provides such program shall be funded through grants distributed by the office of temporary and disability assistance as appropriated to such office for such program. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

Requires that persons convicted of multiple counts of rape in the first degree against different victims or the same victim, must serve the sentence for such convictions, and consecutive to any other undischarged term of imprisonment to which the defendant was subject and for which he may be confined at the time of sentencing. / Sponsor: Jacobs Committee:

Provides for eligibility for medical assistance for the treatment of an emergency medical condition as defined in the federal social security act; provides that eligibility determinations are to be made consistent with provisions of the social services law. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

Requires health insurance policy standard provisions to cover annual audiological examinations and evaluations and, if needed, speech-language pathology examinations and evaluations, prescribed by licensed physicians, audiologists, or speech-language pathologists. / Sponsor: Jacobs Committee:

Creates a system for licensing of government benefits advocates to represent recipients of government benefits at fair hearings and appeals where benefits have been denied, suspended or terminated; makes provisions analogous to those for the licensing of other professionals; provides that such advocates may not hold themselves out as lawyers or para-legals. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

Allows uniformed personnel who serve as interpreters assisting persons in police duty, serving in foreign countries on behalf of the United States government the same protection as other public employees serving in the military. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

Enacts the "Electronic Fund Transfer Privacy Act"; provides privacy protection for consumer engaging in electronic fund transfer transactions by limiting disclosure of personal information about any consumer involved in such and limiting the circumstances in which government authority may get such information; outlines procedures and limitations for obtaining such information and civil penalties for violations. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

Grants credit in licensed trade or registered business schools based on a student's progress for the purposes of federal aid. / Sponsor: Jacobs Committee:

Provides for the establishment of a medical assistance sponsor buy-in program by the department of health; program shall provide that qualified aliens whose sponsors have signed an affidavit of support shall be eligible for medical assistance during periods in which the sponsor has made buy-in support payments. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

Provides for a corporate franchise tax check-off and a personal income tax check-off for taxpayer gifts for colon cancer research; establishes the colon cancer research fund; provides for such research. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

Prohibits public utility company revenues from being paid to any officer or director contingent upon a change in control (merger, acquisition, etc.) of such public utility; requires severance pay to be fully deductible as a business expense for federal tax purposes. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

Authorizes the state board of pharmacy, in conjunction with the state consumer protection board, to prepare and publish a guide explaining the purpose, function and availability of generic drugs; requires prescribers of drugs not approving a generic substitution to inform the patient of the reasons for such non-approval. / Sponsor: Jacobs Committee:

Adopts the family violence option (a/k/a the Wellstone/Murray amendment) in the federal Social Security Act permitting waiver of federal program requirements or penalty provisions for domestic violence services in the State of New York to provide full protection from losing public assistance benefits under the new federal welfare reform law; provides for protection for battered immigrants; mandates domestic violence and sexual abuse training programs for employees and contractors who work for the office of children and family services and have contact with applicants and recipients. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

Requires the manufacturer and importer of certain consumer products to conspicuously disclose the name of the manufacturer and importer of a consumer product and the primary address of the manufacturer and importer on the container or package of such product or upon a tag affixed to such product; defines "consumer item" as a toy or article intended for use by children or an electrical product intended for a consumer's personal use; provides that a violation of such provisions shall be a deceptive act and false advertising and shall be subject to appropriate penalties. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

Requires insurance coverage under health insurance plans for diagnosis and treatment of craniofacial disorder; provides a referral from a health care provider under contract with the policy may be required. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee:

Requires that medicaid and health insurance plans provide coverage for costs of prescription smoking cessation treatment that is ordered by a physician; establishes a coverage limit of $400 for each covered individual. / Sponsor: Jacobs (MS) Committee: