assembly Bill A5061

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Bans smoking in adult care facilities

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Jan 03, 2018 referred to health
Feb 06, 2017 referred to health

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A5061 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4496
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1399-o, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3069, S2873
2021-2022: S4348

A5061 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Bans smoking in adult care facilities.

A5061 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  5061

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, SIMON, PAULIN, DINOWITZ, JAFFEE, GALEF
  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A. COOK, B. MILLER -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to banning smoking in
  adult care facilities

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  n  of  subdivision  1 of section 1399-o of the
public health law, as amended by chapter 389 of the  laws  of  2011,  is
amended to read as follows:
  n. general hospitals and residential health care facilities as defined
in  article  twenty-eight  of this chapter, ADULT CARE FACILITIES ESTAB-
LISHED OR CERTIFIED UNDER TITLE TWO  OF  ARTICLE  SEVEN  OF  THE  SOCIAL
SERVICES  LAW,  COMMUNITY  MENTAL  HEALTH  RESIDENCES  ESTABLISHED UNDER
SECTION 41.44 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, FACILITIES WHERE DAY  TREATMENT
PROGRAMS  ARE PROVIDED, and other health care facilities licensed by the
state in which persons reside[; provided, however, that  the  provisions
of  this  subdivision shall not prohibit smoking by patients in separate
enclosed rooms of residential health care facilities, adult care facili-
ties established or certified under title two of article  seven  of  the
social  services  law,  community  mental  health residences established
under section 41.44 of the mental hygiene law, or facilities  where  day
treatment  programs  are provided, which are designated as smoking rooms
for patients of such facilities or programs];
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07826-01-7