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Apr 27, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S5192
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S5192 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง2140, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S4566
2009-S5192 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5192 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the seizure and confinement of animals in connection with the prevention of rabies PURPOSE : This bill would allow for home confinement of dogs to determine rabies status. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1: Permits confinement of animals suspected of having rabies at home upon approval of the county health authority. Section 2: Effective date JUSTIFICATION : Under current law, confinement of an animal expected to have rabies must take place at a facility. This bill would permit confinement at home upon approval of the county health authority. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY : This is a new bill. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS : To be determined. LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS : None. EFFECTIVE DATE : Effective ninety days after it becomes law.
2009-S5192 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5192 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DUANE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the seizure and confinement of animals in connection with the prevention of rabies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 2140 of the public health law, as added by chapter 180 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: 7. "Confinement and observation" refers to the conditions under which apparently healthy dogs, cats, domesticated ferrets, and domestic live- stock, which are not exhibiting symptoms of rabies, must be maintained TO DETERMINE RABIES STATUS if such an animal has potentially exposed a person to rabies, and the owner wishes to avoid euthanizing and testing the animal. [The] IF THE COUNTY HEALTH AUTHORITY DOES NOT APPROVE HOME CONFINEMENT, THE ten day confinement and observation period must take place, at owner's expense, at an appropriate facility such as an animal shelter, veterinarian's office, kennel or farm [for an animal not actively immunized against rabies at the time of the bite. County health departments may allow home confinements and observation for animals actively immunized. Confinement and observation includes]. THE CONFINE- MENT MUST INCLUDE PROVISIONS TO PREVENT ESCAPE OF THE ANIMAL DURING THE CONFINEMENT PERIOD AND TO MINIMIZE CONTACTS WITH HUMANS AND OTHER ANIMALS, AS WELL AS verification by the county health authority or their designee both during and at the end of the ten day period that the animal cannot [or] AND has not escaped and has remained healthy. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11633-01-9
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