Allows a person with a master's of social work degree who meets certain requirements to file to be licensed within one year of the effective date of this act. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: HIGHER EDUCATION

Relates to traffic stops conducted by law enforcement officers; defines "racial profiling"; authorizes division of criminal justice services to conduct a study relating to racial profiling; prohibits use of race or ethnicity of an individual as the sole factor in determining the existence of probable cause to place such person under arrest or take into custody. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: FINANCE

Requires all employers to provide paid sick leave to employees. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: LABOR

Provides that there shall be no solicitation for credit card holders through state or city university of NY unless credit education courses are provided. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: BANKS

Facilitates absentee voting in local correctional facilities and designates the division of probation, the department of correctional services, and the division of parole as assisting agencies for voter registration purposes. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Provides criteria for membership in credit unions and permits the extension of certain services to nonmembers. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: BANKS

Enacts the "Parental Involvement Leave Act" requiring employers to grant employees up to 16 hours leave during any school year to attend school conferences or classroom activities related to the employee's child if the conference or activity cannot be scheduled during nonwork hours; defines "employer" as "a state agency, officer, or department, a unit of local government, a school district, an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, or a nonprofit organization which employs 50 or more employees in NYS; provides that such leave may not be taken unless the employee has exhausted all accrued leave and any leave that may be granted (except sick leave and disability leave); provides that these provisions do not require that an employee receive compensation for such leave; related provisions. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: LABOR

Relates to residential wireless telephone service; disclosure, notification and consumer protection requirements in wireless telecommunications consumer transactions; plain language disclosures to each customer or potential customer; requires clear billing; trial period lasts for 15 days past first bill; consumer complaints to consumer protection board; establishes rules and regulations. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Directs the president of the state civil service commission to publish reports annually relating to diversity within state government. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Ensures language assistance services by state agencies; requires state agencies to maintain records of the primary language spoken by any individual seeking such assistance; and requires state agency to submit an annual report on language services. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Prohibits employer withdrawal from direct deposit account without notice to and permission from account owner, who must be given 15 days notice of withdrawal and must give depository bank written permission therefor; provides that this section shall not be construed to supersede any such withdrawal otherwise authorized by law or court order. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: BANKS

Requires lending institutions that send unsolicited mail-loan checks to clearly state in solicitation letter the interest rate to be applied to such loan and to demonstrate the total cost of loan in a dollar amounts, at interest rate, over periods of six months, one year, and three years. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: BANKS

Establishes the "time off for democracy act"; requires employers to permit up to 2 hours off with pay to vote and permits employees to take a full day off, without pay, to serve as an election official. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: LABOR

Relates to the protection of victims of domestic violence act, which requires defendants to wear global positioning systems monitoring the location of the defendant. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

Increases the types of firearms that are to be included in the firearm ballistic identification database. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Establishes the "Safe Staffing for Hospital Care Act"; establishes minimum staffing levels for various health care workers in different health care facilities; requires submission of staffing pans; prohibits most mandatory overtime. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: HEALTH

Requires health insurers to provide full coverage for the prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder; establishes an advisory panel on health insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorder to annually compile a list of treatments and therapy options for which health insurers will be required to provide coverage; establishes a toll-free, 24 hour a day, autism and health insurance coverage hotline to receive and act upon complaints and questions from families with autistic children, relating to insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorder. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: INSURANCE

Directs the department of health to contract with community-based organizations and not-for-profit corporations for the provision of outreach, information and educational services to immigrants on the availability of health care services, medical assistance, emergency medical assistance, the family health plus program and the child health insurance plan. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: HEALTH

Includes within the class D felony of assault in the second degree, the intentional causing of physical injury to a station cleaner or terminal cleaner employed by a mass transit company, while such cleaner is engaged in such employment. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: CODES

Authorizes Tabernacle of Praise Church to file an application for a real property tax exemption. / Sponsor: PARKER Committee: