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                                   5929
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2021
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 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to establishing a
   state stockpile
 
   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
 2-C to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 2-C
                         STRATEGIC STATE STOCKPILE
 SECTION 297. STATE STOCKPILE.
   § 297. STATE STOCKPILE. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAINTAIN A STOCKPILE
 OR STOCKPILES OF DRUGS, VACCINES AND OTHER BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS,  MEDICAL
 DEVICES  AND OTHER SUPPLIES IN SUCH NUMBERS, TYPES AND AMOUNTS AS DETER-
 MINED BY THE GOVERNOR. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONDUCT AN  ANNUAL  REVIEW
 OF  THE  CONTENTS OF SUCH STOCKPILE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NON-
 PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLIES, AND MAKE NECESSARY ADDITIONS  OR  MODIFICATIONS
 TO THE CONTENTS OF SUCH STOCKPILE BASED ON SUCH REVIEW.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, IN MANAGING THE STOCKPILE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF THIS SECTION, SHALL:
   (A)  CONSULT  WITH THE WORKGROUP FOR DISEASE ELIMINATION AND REDUCTION
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (B) ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE PROCEDURES ARE FOLLOWED WITH RESPECT TO  SUCH
 STOCKPILE  FOR  INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING AND FOR THE PHYSICAL
 SECURITY OF SUCH STOCKPILE;
   (C) REVIEW AND REVISE, AS APPROPRIATE, THE CONTENTS OF SUCH  STOCKPILE
 ON  A  REGULAR  BASIS  TO ENSURE THAT EMERGING THREATS AND THE POTENTIAL
 DEPLETION OF COUNTERMEASURES CURRENTLY IN THE STOCKPILE  ARE  IDENTIFIED
 AND  APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSED, INCLUDING THROUGH NECESSARY REPLENISHMENT;
 AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (D) DEVISE PLANS FOR THE EFFECTIVE AND TIMELY SUPPLY-CHAIN  MANAGEMENT
 OF  SUCH STOCKPILE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE APPROPRIATE STATE AND LOCAL
 AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE.
   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  BE  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE PROCUREMENT OF
 SUPPLIES TO BE STORED  IN  SUCH  STOCKPILE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,
 INCLUDING  NEGOTIATING  TERMS SUCH AS THE QUANTITY, PRODUCTION SCHEDULE,
 AND PRICE OF SUPPLIES,  AND  ENTERING  INTO  CONTRACTS  AND  COOPERATIVE
 AGREEMENTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.