NY State Senate Bill 2017-S7644

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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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 27, 2018	reported and committed to finance
Feb 02, 2018	referred to health

Votes

- Feb 27, 2018 - Health Committee Vote
  S7644
  
  13
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  4
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Health Committee Vote: Feb 27, 2018
      
      aye (13)
      
      Felder
      
      Golden
      
      Hannon
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Montgomery
      
      Ritchie
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (4)
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Murphy
      
      Persaud
      
      Rivera

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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

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7644

SPONSOR: HAMILTON
 
TITLE OF BILL:  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

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Purpose of the bill is to conduct a study of the incidence of asthma and
related pulmonary disorders in the borough of Brooklyn in the City of
New York and to provide the Governor and the Legislature with a remedial
plan that addresses the needs of high risk neighborhoods by examining
the inequities in: income, public and private housing, race and ethnici-
ty, proximity to major sources of air pollution, including but not
limited to, highly trafficked roadways and solid waste processing facil-
ities, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of existing medical facil-
ities in the treatment of these pulmonary disorders.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

This bill directs the Commissioner of the New York State Department of
Health to prepare a remedial plan to address high incidents of asthma
and other pulmonary disorders in the borough of Brooklyn in the city of
New York. The study is to be completed within twelve months of the
effective date of this act.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Asthma alone affects more than one million people in the state of New
York. Recent studies point to a strong connection between high asthma
rates and socioeconomic status, and several Brooklyn neighborhoods have
a far higher rate of emergency room visits and hospitalizations for
asthma and other related pulmonary illnesses.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Legislation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
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 remedial
plan shall be provided to the governor and the legislature on later than
eighteen months from the beginning of such study.

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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