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Assembly Bill A5264

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the installation of portable air purifiers in certain schools

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2019-A5264 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 10 §§1000 - 1001, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A740

2019-A5264 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the installation of portable air filters in schools located in cities with a population of one million or more.

2019-A5264 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5264
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. D. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
   installation of portable air purifiers in certain schools
 
   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 article 10
 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 10
                      AIR PURIFIERS; CERTAIN SCHOOLS
 SECTION 1000. DEFINITIONS.
         1001. AIR PURIFIERS; CERTAIN SCHOOLS.
   § 1000. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "HIGH-EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE AIR FILTER" OR "HEPA"  SHALL  MEAN  AN
 AIR FILTER THAT USES A FILTER TO REMOVE PARTICLES FROM THE AIR.
   B.  "ULTRAVIOLET  GERMICIDAL  IRRADIATION  FILTER" OR "UVGI" IS AN AIR
 FILTER THAT USES A DISINFECTION METHOD THAT USES ULTRAVIOLET (UV)  LIGHT
 AT SUFFICIENTLY SHORT WAVELENGTH TO KILL MICROORGANISMS.
   C.  "DISINFECTION  FILTRATION  SYSTEM"  OR "DFS" IS AN AIR FILTER THAT
 APPLIES A HIGH ENERGY FIELD WITHIN A SEALED FILTER COMPARTMENT TO  INAC-
 TIVATE MICROORGANISMS, THEREBY KILLING THEM PERMANENTLY.
   §  1001.  AIR PURIFIERS; CERTAIN SCHOOLS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER, IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER
 OF EDUCATION, SHALL HAVE INSTALLED IN EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN
 A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR  MORE,  PORTABLE  HEPA,  UVGI
 AND/OR  DFS FILTERS DEMONSTRATING CAPABILITY TO KILL OR INACTIVATE GERMS
 SUCH AS MOLD.  SUCH INSTALLATION SHALL BE MADE IN SUCH A MANNER AND WITH
 A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF SUCH FILTERS THAT ARE RATED TO  REMOVE  AT  LEAST
 99.95% OF ALL PARTICLES GREATER THAN 0.3 MICROMETER FROM THE AIR.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09245-01-9

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