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:

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 consecutively as well as 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:

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Committee:

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

Increases the monetary penalties for the crimes of aggravated harassment in the first or second degrees or for discrimination; provides that the penalty shall be not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars for the first violation and not less than twenty-five hundred dollars nor more than twelve thousand five hundred dollars for each subsequent violation. / Sponsor: Jacobs 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 Committee:

Increases medicaid reimbursement payment aggregate for private duty nursing services and care by 15 million dollars for period 7/1/14 to 3/31/15, and by 20 million dollars annually thereafter for each period from April 1 to March 31. / Sponsor: Jacobs 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 Committee:

Authorizes health insurance reimbursement for certified registered nurse anesthetists providing anesthesia services. / 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 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 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 Committee: