Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 16, 2021 | signed chap.46 |
Feb 12, 2021 | delivered to governor |
Feb 01, 2021 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.45 substituted for a988 reported referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 11, 2021 | ordered to third reading cal.32 |
Jan 06, 2021 | referred to rules |
senate Bill S879
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
Brian A. Benjamin
(D) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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Brad Hoylman-Sigal
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
S879 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A988
- Law Section:
- Public Health
- Laws Affected:
- Rpld §2500-l, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.6662 & A.6987-A)
S879 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S879 SPONSOR: BENJAMIN TITLE OF BILL: An act to require the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature; and to repeal section 2500-l of the public health law relating thereto PURPOSE: This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L.2020, ch. 356. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This legislation amends the underlying chapter by changing the date the report on the findings of the study on racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality is due to 18 months after the effective date of the
S879 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 879 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to require the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature; and to repeal section 2500-l of the public health law relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2500-l of the public health law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2020 amending the public health law relating to requiring the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortal- ity and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6662 and A.6987-A, is REPEALED. § 2. Study of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality. 1. The department of health shall conduct a study on the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on infant mortality. The purpose of the study shall be to: (a) identify statewide and regional infant death rates, trends, patterns, and racial and ethnic disparities in adverse birth outcomes; and (b) provided that the department shall use its best efforts, identify medical, non-medical, and system-related factors that may have contrib- uted to infant deaths and treatment disparities to the extent practica- ble; and (c) review the extent to which racial and ethnic disparities in infant mortality in a geographic area indicate the need to increase access to health care services in that area; and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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