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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Assembly Bill A740
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL D
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2021-A740 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 10 §§1000 - 1001, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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A5264
2021-A740 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 740 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. D. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the installation of portable air purifiers in certain schools THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 10 to read as follows: ARTICLE 10 AIR PURIFIERS; CERTAIN SCHOOLS SECTION 1000. DEFINITIONS. 1001. AIR PURIFIERS; CERTAIN SCHOOLS. § 1000. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: A. "HIGH-EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE AIR FILTER" OR "HEPA" SHALL MEAN AN AIR FILTER THAT USES A FILTER TO REMOVE PARTICLES FROM THE AIR. B. "ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION FILTER" OR "UVGI" IS AN AIR FILTER THAT USES A DISINFECTION METHOD THAT USES ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT AT SUFFICIENTLY SHORT WAVELENGTH TO KILL MICROORGANISMS. C. "DISINFECTION FILTRATION SYSTEM" OR "DFS" IS AN AIR FILTER THAT APPLIES A HIGH ENERGY FIELD WITHIN A SEALED FILTER COMPARTMENT TO INAC- TIVATE MICROORGANISMS, THEREBY KILLING THEM PERMANENTLY. § 1001. AIR PURIFIERS; CERTAIN SCHOOLS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER, IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, SHALL HAVE INSTALLED IN EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, PORTABLE HEPA, UVGI AND/OR DFS FILTERS DEMONSTRATING CAPABILITY TO KILL OR INACTIVATE GERMS SUCH AS MOLD. SUCH INSTALLATION SHALL BE MADE IN SUCH A MANNER AND WITH A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF SUCH FILTERS THAT ARE RATED TO REMOVE AT LEAST 99.95% OF ALL PARTICLES GREATER THAN 0.3 MICROMETER FROM THE AIR. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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