§ 74. Certain provisions relating to the custody of children by
persons who are not the parents of such children. 1. Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, a person possessing a lawful order of
guardianship or custody of a minor child, who is not the parent of such
child, may enroll such child in public school in the applicable school
district where he or she and such child reside. Upon application for
enrollment of a minor child by a guardian or custodian who is not the
parent of such child, a public school shall enroll such child for such
time as the child resides with the guardian or custodian in the
applicable school district, upon verification that the guardian or
custodian possess a lawful order of custody for such child and that the
guardian or custodian and the child properly reside in the same
household within the school district.

2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, persons
possessing a lawful order of custody of a child who are not a parent of
such child shall have the right to enroll and receive coverage for such
child in their employer based health insurance plan and to assert the
same legal rights under such employer based health insurance plans as
persons who possess lawful orders of guardianship of the person for a
child pursuant to rule twelve hundred ten of the civil practice laws and
rules, article seventeen of the surrogate's court procedure act, or part
four of article six of the family court act.