Prohibits the sale of flavored smokeless tobacco within five hundred feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school; defines "flavored smokeless tobacco"; authorizes the commissioner to impose a civil penalty for violations.
Provides for requirements for approval for proposals to merge, consolidate, partner, acquire through the establishment of control or proposals for any other transaction or affiliation of certain health care providers.
Directs the commissioners of agriculture and markets and economic development to study and develop a long-term strategy for sustaining farming and food production in New York state; bases such strategy on an analysis of land use and economic trends, soil and natural resources, food consumption needs and other factors necessary to develop a state-level blueprint for protecting farmland and strengthening food production in the state.
Establishes the presence of a controlled substance in open view in a room, other than a public place, under certain circumstances is presumptive evidence of knowing possession thereof by each and every person present in such room in close proximity to such controlled substance at the time such controlled substance was found.
Enacts hazing offenses and anti-hazing educational programs at educational institutions and requires educational institutions to maintain a public report on hazing violations.
Relates to prohibitions on fur products; prohibits the manufacture, sale, display for sale, trade, giving, donating, or otherwise distributing of a fur product by any means in the state beginning twenty-four months after this act becomes a law.
Requires primary care physicians to post certain information detailing how parents or guardians of infants and children can subscribe to the United States consumer product safety commission's e-mail subscription lists.
Allows persons participating in certain formal ceremonies to possess a firearm, rifle or shotgun, provided that such person has received prior approval from the municipality or other appropriate entity.
Relates to licensing of independent insurance adjusters by waiving requirements regarding a written examination if the applicant holds a claim certification from a national or state-based claims association.
Relates to the continuity of family planning services in the state; establishes a family planning program in the department of health to ensure the continuity of family planning services in the state; covers family planning providers who lost eligibility for federal funding under Title X of the Federal Public Health Service Act.
Prohibits the operation of establishments where animals and/or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food; establishes a task force on public health risks and animal welfare concerns of slaughterhouses.