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Senate Bill S908
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
2011-S908 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2411, Pub Health L; amd §§33-1201, 33-1203, 33-1205 & 33-1207, En Con L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S3585
2013-2014: S3431
2011-S908 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to the health science research board's powers and duties with regard to breast cancer research grants; requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to include certain pesticide data in his or her annual report summarizing pesticide sales and use and provide such data to the public upon request; requires certain sellers and users of restricted pesticides to file an annual report using an electronic form developed by the department of environmental conservation.
2011-S908 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S908 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to breast cancer research; and to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to compilation of data on pesticides PURPOSE: To authorize funding for mapping the incidence of breast cancer from the Breast Cancer Research and Education Fund. The Environmental Conservation law would be amended to specify that the Department's annual report must disclose pesticide sales and use data by both product name and active ingredient. In addition, every person who sells restricted use pesticides to private applicators or manufacturers and imports restricted use pesticides, must file a report with the department in an electric format developed and consistent with the systems used by the department. JUSTIFICATION: Many of the records on sales and use of restricted pesticides by commercial applicators, sellers, importers and manufacturers are provided to the Department on paper records. This bill will reduce the workload on the Department by requiring that
2011-S908 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 908 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HUNTLEY, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER, SERRANO, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to breast cancer research; and to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to compilation of data on pesticides THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 2411 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 219 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: (e) Solicit, receive, and review applications from public and private agencies and organizations and qualified research institutions for grants from the breast cancer research and education fund, created pursuant to section ninety-seven-yy of the state finance law, to conduct research or educational programs which focus on the causes, prevention, screening, treatment and cure of breast cancer and may include, but are not limited to MAPPING OF BREAST CANCER, AND basic, behavioral, clin- ical, demographic, environmental, epidemiologic and psychosocial research. The board shall make recommendations to the commissioner, and the commissioner shall, in his or her discretion, grant approval of applications for grants from those applications recommended by the board. The board shall consult with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Federal Agency For Health Care Policy and Research, the National Academy of Sciences, breast cancer advocacy groups, and other organizations or entities which may be involved in breast cancer research to solicit both information regarding breast cancer research projects that are currently being conducted and recommendations for future research projects. As used in this section, "qualified research institution" may include academic EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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