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Senate Bill S7644

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to directing the NY state department of health to conduct a study on the high incidence of asthma in the borough of Brooklyn

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2017-S7644 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Health

2017-S7644 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to directing the NY state department of health to conduct a study on the high incidence of asthma in the borough of Brooklyn in the city of New York and to prepare a remedial plan.

2017-S7644 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7644 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7644
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to direct the New York state department of health  to  conduct  a
   study  on the high incidence of asthma and related pulmonary disorders
   in the borough of Brooklyn in the city of New York and  to  prepare  a
   remedial plan

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of the New York state department of health
 is hereby authorized and directed to prepare or have prepared a study of
 and a remedial plan for the high incidence of asthma and related  pulmo-
 nary  disorders in the borough of Brooklyn in the city of New York. Such
 study shall include an analysis of  high  risk  neighborhoods  examining
 disparities  in: income, race and ethnicity, public and private housing,
 proximity to major sources of air pollution, including, but not  limited
 to,  highly  trafficked  roadways and solid waste processing facilities,
 and an evaluation of the effectiveness of existing medical facilities.
   § 2. Such study and remedial plan shall  be  completed  within  twelve
 months of the effective date of this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law and the results of such study and the remedi-
 al  plan  shall be provided to the governor and the legislature no later
 than eighteen months from the beginning of such study.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00791-01-7

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