Senate Bill S2694

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a task force to assess the public health impact of firearm violence and provides for the repeal thereof

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2694 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Health
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S391
2011-2012: S1166
2013-2014: S1161
2015-2016: S812
2019-2020: S775
2021-2022: S1467

2017-S2694 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a task force to assess data and information compiled by law enforcement personnel and health providers related to incidents of firearm violence and injury; provides that the task force would designate a state agency to coordinate a statewide system for reporting the nature, incidence and specific causes of firearm violence.

2017-S2694 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2694 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2694
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to establish a task force to assess the public health  impact  of
   firearm  violence  and  injury  and  providing  for the repeal of such
   provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds and
 declares  that  firearm  injuries  and  deaths  have  reached   epidemic
 proportions,  with  firearm  injuries ranked among the top ten causes of
 death among all Americans, and as the leading cause of death among young
 African-American males. The legislature further finds and declares  that
 this   epidemic  necessitates  public  policies  which  address  firearm
 violence and injury as a public  health  issue  and  that  one  critical
 component  of such policies is an integrated and comprehensive statewide
 effort to accurately document  the  origins,  incidence  and  nature  of
 firearm violence and injury in New York state.
   The  legislature  also finds that dispersed and widely varied data and
 information related to  incidents  of  firearm  violence  are  presently
 collected by state and local law enforcement agencies; and that informa-
 tion  and  data  related  to  the nature, severity and causes of firearm
 injuries are also regularly compiled by health care providers engaged in
 the treatment of such injuries. The legislature finds and declares  that
 a  coordinated and fully integrated statewide network of data and infor-
 mation is required to fully assess the public health impact  of  firearm
 violence  and  injury  in  New  York  state and to formulate policies to
 combat such violence and injury in the protection of public health.
   The legislature hereby establishes a task force to devise a  statewide
 network  of  data  and information related to firearm violence and inju-
 ries. The task force will coordinate the integration of data compiled by
 law enforcement agencies and health care providers, related  to  firearm
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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