Assembly Bill A1584

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Includes hexavalent chromium in the list for emerging contaminants

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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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2021-A1584 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1112, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7790
2019-2020: A7392

2021-A1584 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes hexavalent chromium in the list for emerging contaminants.

2021-A1584 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1584
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. JEAN-PIERRE, THIELE, FERNANDEZ, CRUZ, SAYEGH,
   GLICK,  MIKULIN,  SIMON,  DICKENS,  GOTTFRIED,   SEAWRIGHT,   DARLING,
   J. RIVERA,  GRIFFIN,  HYNDMAN,  NIOU -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   COOK, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including  hexava-
   lent chromium in the list of emerging contaminants
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 1112 of the  public
 health law, as added by section 1 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  The commissioner shall, at a minimum, include the following chemi-
 cals identified as emerging contaminants: 1,4-dioxane; HEXAVALENT  CHRO-
 MIUM  (CHROMIUM-6);  perfluorooctanesulfonic acid; and perfluorooctanoic
 acid.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04875-01-1



              

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