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Assembly Bill A8573

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the concentration of fluoride additives in water

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2017-A8573 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7143
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1100-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10398
2013-2014: A141
2015-2016: A5952
2019-2020: S2330
2021-2022: S2908

2017-A8573 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the concentration of fluoride additives in water; establishes fluoride target levels.

2017-A8573 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8573
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to fluoride additives
   in water
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 1100-a of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  FOR  ANY  PUBLIC  WATER  SUPPLY  TO  WHICH ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN,
 VILLAGE, OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY  ADDS  A  FLUORIDE  COMPOUND,  THE  OPTIMAL
 FLUORIDE TARGET LEVEL SHALL BE 0.7 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER AND THE FLUORIDE
 LEVEL  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED 0.8 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
 MAKE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ENFORCE THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law. Effective immediately, any rules, regulations, and
 actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its  effec-
 tive date are authorized to be made prior to such date.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02930-01-7

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