Assembly Bill A1195

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Creates a temporary state commission concerning the incidence of asthma in the Bronx

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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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2019-A1195 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1557
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Commissions
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2854
2011-2012: S2344
2013-2014: S1035
2015-2016: A9706, S1162
2017-2018: A2479, S3105
2021-2022: A5867, S1363
2023-2024: A595, S721
2025-2026: S1075

2019-A1195 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations concerning the incidence of asthma in the borough of the Bronx in New York city.

2019-A1195 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1195
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JOYNER, DINOWITZ, ORTIZ, COOK, JAFFEE, BARRON --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, SIMON -- read once and  referred
   to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to create a temporary state commission to study and make recom-
   mendations concerning the incidence of asthma in the  borough  of  the
   Bronx in New York city

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. A temporary state commission is hereby created to study and
 make recommendations relating to the incidence of asthma in the  borough
 of  the  Bronx in New York, which has the highest incidence of asthma in
 the state. The commission will place particular  emphasis  on  youth  in
 communities  with an unemployment rate exceeding one hundred twenty-five
 percent of the statewide level.
   § 2. The commission shall consist of eleven members to be appointed as
 follows: five shall be appointed by the governor; two shall be appointed
 by the temporary president of the senate and one by the minority  leader
 of the senate; and two shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly
 and  one  by  the  minority  leader  of the assembly. The members of the
 commission shall serve at  the  pleasure  of  the  official  making  the
 appointment  of such member. Of the five members appointed by the gover-
 nor, one shall be from the department of health and one  shall  be  from
 the department of environmental conservation. The remaining nine members
 of the commission must reside in a city with a population of one million
 or  more.  Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled
 in the manner provided for  original  appointments.  Membership  on  the
 commission shall not constitute a public office. A chairperson and vice-
 chairperson  of  the  commission  shall  be elected by a majority of its
 members, all members being present.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00163-01-9

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