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Assembly Bill A187

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-A187 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง352, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7121
2013-2014: A535
2017-2018: A463
2019-2020: A2885
2021-2022: A3970

2015-A187 (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-A187 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   187

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ABINANTI, PAULIN, GALEF, MONTESANO, OTIS, JAFFEE
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, JOHNS, McDONOUGH, TITONE --
  read once and referred 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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