NY State Senate Bill 2009-S6771

Senate Bill S6771

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioners of health and education to compile and provide information on the H1N1 influenza virus through the department of health

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2009-S6771 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §206, Pub Health L; amd §305, Ed L

2009-S6771 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioners of health and education to jointly compile and provide information on the H1N1 influenza virus through the department of health.

2009-S6771 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6771

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the public health law and  the education law, in
relation to information on the H1N1 influenza virus


 PURPOSE :
Directs the commissioners of health and education to compile and
provide information on the H1N1 influenza virus through the department
of health website.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1. Amends section 206 of the public health law, to add a
provision requiring that the commissioner of health and the
commissioner of education compile and provide to the public all of the
most current information on the H1N1 influenza virus both in written
format and on the Health Department internet website.

Section 2. Amends section 305 of the education law to include a new
subdivision requiring that the commissioner of education consult and
cooperate with the commissioner of health to compile and provide
current and relevant information regarding the H1N1 influenza virus to
the public in both written format and through the Department of
Health's website. The Department of Education's website is also
required to include a link to the Health Department's website

regarding the virus.

 EXISTING LAW :
None.

 JUSTIFICATION :
As of January 2010, more than 209 countries and overseas territories
reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009.
This included at least 14,711 deaths worldwide. To date, the total
number of deaths in New York (absent New York City) since April 2009
has been 88 persons. As such, New Yorkers seeking information about
the H1N1 influenza virus should have access to reliable and current
information via one authoritative gateway.

This bill ensures easy access to such information by requiring the
Commissioners of the Department of Health and Education to compile the
information and provide it in one location a "one-stop-shop" on the
website of the Department of Health. To that end, this bill will set
the standard for prospective guidelines when our State faces unique
and emerging medical crises that face our population (e.g.  MRSA).

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
None.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2009-S6771 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6771

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 4, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  HANNON,  ALESI,  BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO, FUSCHILLO,
  GOLDEN, GRIFFO, HUNTLEY, O. JOHNSON, LANZA, LARKIN, LAVALLE,  MAZIARZ,
  MONSERRATE,  MORAHAN,  PADAVAN, RANZENHOFER, SALAND, SEWARD, VOLKER --
  read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
  the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law and   the education law, in
  relation to information on the H1N1 influenza virus

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 27 to read as follows:
  27. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF EDUCATION, SHALL COMPILE AND PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC, IN WRITTEN
FORM AND ON THE DEPARTMENT INTERNET WEBSITE, ALL THE MOST CURRENT INFOR-
MATION  ON  THE H1N1 INFLUENZA VIRUS, INCLUDING THE SPREAD OF SUCH VIRUS
WITHIN THE STATE AND THE PREVENTION OF THE CONTRACTING OF THE VIRUS.
  S 2. Section 305 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 42 to read as follows:
  42.  HE  OR  SHE  SHALL CONSULT AND COOPERATE WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
HEALTH, TO COMPILE AND PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC, IN WRITTEN FORM AND ON THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INTERNET WEBSITE, ALL THE MOST CURRENT  INFORMATION
ON  THE  H1N1 INFLUENZA VIRUS, INCLUDING THE SPREAD OF SUCH VIRUS WITHIN
THE STATE AND THE PREVENTION OF THE  CONTRACTING  OF  THE  VIRUS.    ALL
INFORMATION  RELATING  TO  THE  H1N1  INFLUENZA  VIRUS MAINTAINED ON THE
DEPARTMENT INTERNET WEBSITE SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
HEALTH  FOR  INCLUSION  ON  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S INTERNET WEBSITE.
FURTHERMORE THE DEPARTMENT INTERNET WEBSITE SHALL INCLUDE A LINK TO  THE
DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH'S INTERNET WEBSITE RELATING TO THE H1N1 INFLUENZA
VIRUS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14802-01-9

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