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Assembly Bill A3970

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the county health commissioner to notify certain individuals in the event of an emergency creating an imminent risk to public health and safety

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2021-A3970 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1140
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §352, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7121
2013-2014: A535
2015-2016: A187
2017-2018: A463
2019-2020: A2885, S3682

2021-A3970 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the county health commissioner to notify certain individuals in the event of an emergency creating an imminent risk to public health and safety.

2021-A3970 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3970
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to notifying local
   officials of the occurrence of certain emergency situations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 352 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  UPON  THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EMERGENCY WHERE AN IMMINENT IMPERILMENT
 TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY EXISTS, IN ADDITION TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS
 HE OR SHE WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE NOTIFIED, THE COUNTY HEALTH  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL  IMMEDIATELY  NOTIFY THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS OF THE EXISTENCE OF
 SUCH EMERGENCY:
   (A) THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF EACH MUNICIPALITY AFFECTED  BY  THE
 EMERGENCY;
   (B)  EACH  MEMBER  OF  THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE
 EMERGENCY EXISTS WHO REPRESENTS THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE EMERGENCY; AND
   (C) WHERE THE EMERGENCY AFFECTS  ANOTHER  COUNTY,  THE  COUNTY  HEALTH
 COMMISSIONER OF THE AFFECTED COUNTY OR COUNTIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01451-01-1

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