Assembly Bill A4562

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires commissioners of health and general services to promulgate standards for the procurement and use of non-toxic commodities and services for hospitals

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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-A4562 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2805-z, Pub Health L, amd §163, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1582
2011-2012: A3945
2013-2014: A4184
2015-2016: A470
2017-2018: A6131

2019-A4562 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioners of health and general services to promulgate standards for the procurement and use of environmentally sensitive commodities and services for hospitals; provides that these provisions shall be applicable to all hospitals.

2019-A4562 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4562
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   COOK, DINOWITZ, ORTIZ, PERRY -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law and the state finance law, in
   relation to the  procurement  and  use  of  environmentally  sensitive
   commodities and services by hospitals

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2805-z to read as follows:
   § 2805-Z. PROCUREMENT AND USE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE COMMODITIES
 AND  SERVICES.  1.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL MEAN:
   (A) "ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE COMMODITIES AND SERVICES"  MEANS  THOSE
 COMMODITIES  AND  SERVICES  THAT  MINIMIZE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE PUBLIC
 HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF  GENERAL
 SERVICES.
   (B)  "COMMODITY"  OR  "COMMODITIES"  MEANS MATERIALS, GOODS, SUPPLIES,
 PRODUCTS, CONSTRUCTION ITEMS AND OTHER  STANDARD  ARTICLES  OF  COMMERCE
 OTHER THAN TECHNOLOGY.
   (C)   "CONSTRUCTION   ITEM"   MEANS  ANY  ITEM  OR  MATERIAL  USED  IN
 CONSTRUCTION AND WHICH IS PROCURED DIRECTLY BY A HOSPITAL OR BY A PERSON
 UNDER CONTRACT BY A HOSPITAL.
   (D) "SERVICE" OR "SERVICES" MEANS THE PERFORMANCE OF A TASK  OR  TASKS
 AND  MAY  INCLUDE  A  MATERIAL GOOD OR A QUANTITY OF MATERIAL GOODS, AND
 WHICH IS SUBJECT OF ANY PURCHASE OR OTHER EXCHANGE. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF
 THIS SECTION, TECHNOLOGY SHALL BE DEEMED A SERVICE.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  GENERAL  SERVICES, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER, SHALL ESTABLISH AND FROM TIME TO TIME AMEND GUIDELINES AND
 SPECIFICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE  COMMODITIES  AND  SERVICES
 FOR  USE  IN  HOSPITALS;  AND FOR USE IN THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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