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Assembly Bill A8487

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to implementing mask requirements in schools

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2021-A8487 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2182, Pub Health L

2021-A8487 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to implementing mask requirements in schools; provides that the commissioner shall calculate the level of community transmission of COVID-19 on a district-wide basis; provides such calculations shall be compared to the CDC's threshold for a high level of community transmission; provides school districts below such threshold shall allow the decision to wear a mask to be made by the student's parent, legal guardian or the student, if such student is emancipated

2021-A8487 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8487
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. DURSO, DeSTEFANO, SIMPSON, ANGELINO, MANKTELOW,
   JENSEN, J. A. GIGLIO, SALKA,  GALLAHAN,  TANNOUSIS,  LAWLER,  BARCLAY,
   MIKULIN,  McDONOUGH,  BRABENEC, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to implementing  mask
   requirements in schools

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2182 of the public health law is renumbered section
 2183 and a new section 2182 is added to read as follows:
   § 2182. SCHOOL DISTRICT  COVID-19  DATA;  MASK  REQUIREMENTS.  1.  FOR
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE TERM "MASK" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT
 BE LIMITED TO, CLOTH MASKS, SURGICAL MASKS AND N-95 RESPIRATORS THAT ARE
 WORN TO COMPLETELY COVER A PERSON'S NOSE AND MOUTH.
   2. ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES THAT CONDUCT COVID-19 TESTING SHALL REQUIRE
 THE INDIVIDUAL BEING TESTED TO DISCLOSE THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN  WHICH
 THEY  RESIDE.  SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT INFORMATION SHALL BE INCLUDED IN ANY
 REPORT OF LABORATORY RESULTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  OR
 OTHER HEALTH AUTHORITY.
   3.  BASED  ON THE DATA RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION TWO OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CALCULATE THE LEVEL  OF
 COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19 ON A DISTRICT-WIDE BASIS. SUCH CALCU-
 LATIONS  SHALL  BE  BASED  UPON THE CURRENT STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE
 FEDERAL CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, HEREINAFTER REFERRED
 TO AS "THE CDC". THE COMMISSIONER SHALL UPDATE AND PUBLISH  SUCH  CALCU-
 LATIONS  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT'S  PUBLIC  WEBSITE ON NO LESS THAN A WEEKLY
 BASIS.
   4. (A) IN THE EVENT THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A  LEVEL  OF  COMMUNITY
 TRANSMISSION  OF  COVID-19  THAT IS BELOW THE CDC'S THRESHOLD FOR A HIGH
 LEVEL OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION, ACCORDING TO  THE  MOST  RECENT  CALCU-
 LATIONS BY THE COMMISSIONER, THE DECISION TO WEAR A MASK WHILE ATTENDING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13195-01-1

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