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Senate Bill S1196

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the county health commissioner to notify certain individuals in the event of an emergency creating an imminent risk to public health and safety

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2015-S1196 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A187
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง352, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7358, A7121
2013-2014: S2754, A535
2017-2018: A463
2019-2020: A2885
2021-2022: A3970

2015-S1196 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the county health commissioner to notify certain individuals in the event of an emergency creating an imminent risk to public health and safety.

2015-S1196 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1196 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1196

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- 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 notifying local
  officials of the occurrence of certain emergency situations

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

  Section 1. Section 352 of the public health law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7.  UPON  THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EMERGENCY WHERE AN IMMINENT IMPERILMENT
TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY EXISTS, IN ADDITION TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS
HE OR SHE WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE NOTIFIED, THE COUNTY HEALTH  COMMISSIONER
SHALL  IMMEDIATELY  NOTIFY THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS OF THE EXISTENCE OF
SUCH EMERGENCY:
  (A) THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF EACH MUNICIPALITY AFFECTED  BY  THE
EMERGENCY;
  (B)  EACH  MEMBER  OF  THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE
EMERGENCY EXISTS WHO REPRESENTS THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE EMERGENCY; AND
  (C) WHERE THE EMERGENCY AFFECTS  ANOTHER  COUNTY,  THE  COUNTY  HEALTH
COMMISSIONER OF THE AFFECTED COUNTY OR COUNTIES.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02471-01-5

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