Assembly Bill A5161

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts comprehensive provisions to curtail the incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A5161 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2723
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 27-BB §§2725 - 2727, Art 13-l §§1399-xx & 1399-yy, Art 24-F §§2499-b - 2499-d, amd §§2111 & 1399-o-1, Pub Health L; add §§3001-e, 1527-a & 923, Ed L; add §235-h, RP L; amd §33-0303, En Con L; add $144, Pub Bldg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9485, S5863
2013-2014: A2417, S2363
2015-2016: A6505, S1105
2019-2020: A5394

2017-A5161 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts comprehensive provisions to curtail the incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases; requires teachers in public and non-public school systems to be trained in identifying and responding to asthma emergencies in accordance with standards to be prescribed by the commissioner of education in consultation with the commissioner of health; provides for a program of asthma disease management and control within the department of health; program shall provide various services to health care providers, patients, and others

2017-A5161 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5161
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
   asthma prevention and education program (Part A); to amend the  public
   health  law,  in  relation  to  in-utero  exposure  to  tobacco  smoke
   prevention (Part B); to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to
   reporting  on  the  incidence  of asthma (Part C); to amend the public
   health law, in relation  to  including  certain  respiratory  diseases
   within  disease  management  demonstration programs (Part D); to amend
   the public health law, in relation to smoking restrictions in  certain
   outdoor  areas  (Part  E);  to amend the education law, in relation to
   requiring all teachers to be trained in identifying and responding  to
   asthma  emergencies  (Part  F);  to  amend  the  real property law, in
   relation to residential rental property smoking policies (Part G);  to
   amend the education law, in relation to requiring school districts and
   private  elementary  and  secondary schools to establish and implement
   rules prohibiting the engine of any motor  vehicle  to  remain  idling
   while  parked  or  standing  on  school grounds (Part H); to amend the
   education law, in relation to the use of inhalers and nebulizers (Part
   I); to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to pesti-
   cide alternatives used at schools and day care centers (Part  J);  and
   to  amend  the public buildings law, in relation to curtailing the use
   of cleaning materials that induce or trigger asthma episodes (Part K)
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act enacts into law major components of legislation
 which combat the incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases such
 as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Each component is wholly  contained
 within  a  Part  identified as Parts A through K. The effective date for
 each particular provision contained within such Part is set forth in the
 last section of such Part. Any provision in any section contained within
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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