Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 16, 2021 |
signed chap.64 |
Feb 12, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Feb 01, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.44 substituted for a987 |
Feb 01, 2021 |
substituted by s1296 |
Jan 21, 2021 |
advanced to third reading cal.44 |
Jan 20, 2021 |
reported |
Jan 06, 2021 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A987
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SOLAGES
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S1296 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Charles Barron
Chantel Jackson
2021-A987 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S1296
- Law Section:
- Public Health
- Laws Affected:
- Rpld §2500-l, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.6707 & A.6986-A)
2021-A987 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 987 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT requiring the department of health of the state of New York to conduct a review of the effects of racial and ethnic disparities on breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legislature; and repealing certain provisions 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 breastfeeding rates and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the legisla- ture, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6707 and A.6986-A, is REPEALED. § 2. 1. The department of health shall conduct a review of breastfeed- ing data and create a report for the purpose of identifying statewide and regional racial and ethnic disparities in breastfeeding rates. 2. The department of health shall solicit recommendations from persons specializing in the fields of neonatal and post neonatal pathology, maternal and infant health, breastfeeding medicine, minority health advocacy, or other related fields, and stakeholders representing racial and ethnic minorities in geographic areas that have the lowest breast- feeding rates, concerning: (a) Barriers to successful breastfeeding, especially among racial and ethnic minorities and populations with low breastfeeding rates; (b) Strategies to reduce barriers to successful breastfeeding, espe- cially among racial and ethnic minorities and populations with low breastfeeding rates; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07117-01-1
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