Assembly Bill A4219

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the incidences of cancer clusters in cities and towns having a population of more than ninety thousand

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A4219 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4193
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9931, S7331

2023-A4219 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the incidences of cancer clusters in cities and towns having a population of more than ninety thousand.

2023-A4219 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4219
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  direct the New York state department of health to conduct a
   study on the incidences of cancer clusters in cities and towns  having
   a population of more than ninety thousand

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. The commissioner of the New  York  state  department  of
 health  is  hereby authorized and directed to prepare or have prepared a
 study of the incidences of cancer  clusters  in  all  cities  and  towns
 having  a  population of more than ninety thousand inhabitants as deter-
 mined by the last federal decennial census. Such study shall include  an
 analysis  of  high  risk neighborhoods examining disparities in: income,
 race and ethnicity, public and private    housing,  proximity  to  major
 sources of air pollution, proximity to major sources of carcinogens, and
 an  evaluation  of  the  effectiveness of existing medical facilities in
 each city.  The study shall include recommendations  for  evidence-based
 interventions to address the high burden of cancer clusters in each city
 and town included in the study.
   2.  For the purposes of this act, "cancer cluster" shall mean a great-
 er-than-expected number of cancer cases that occurs within  a  group  of
 people in a geographic area over a period of time.
   §  2.  The  study  shall  be completed and posted on the department of
 health's website by September 30, 2025.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02394-01-3

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