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Assembly Bill A8943

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the department of health to publish a report on the incidence of tick-borne illnesses annually on the department's website

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2023-A8943 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7600
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §207-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A6047, S1786

2023-A8943 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of health to publish a report on the incidence of tick-borne illnesses annually on the department's website; requires the department to submit an annual report to the governor and the leaders of the legislature; requires the superintendent of financial services to review the status of health insurance coverage for the treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne related diseases and to submit a report to the governor and the leaders of the legislature.

2023-A8943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8943
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring annual
   reports on tick-borne illnesses; and to require the superintendent  of
   financial  services  to review the status of health insurance coverage
   for the  treatment  of  Lyme  disease  and  other  tick-borne  related
   diseases

   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  section
 207-b to read as follows:
   § 207-B. TICK-BORNE ILLNESSES; REPORTS. 1. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNC-
 TION  WITH  THE TICK-BORNE DISEASE INSTITUTE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVI-
 RONMENTAL CONSERVATION, SHALL PUBLISH A REPORT ON ITS WEBSITE CONTAINING
 INFORMATION RELATED TO THE INCIDENCE  OF  TICK-BORNE  ILLNESSES  IN  THE
 STATE.  SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) THE NUMBER OF DIAGNOSED CASES OF TICK-BORNE ILLNESSES;
   (B) THE INCIDENCE OF TICK-BORNE ILLNESS IN EACH COUNTY; AND
   (C)  THE ESTIMATED TICK POPULATION IN THE STATE AND WHETHER SUCH POPU-
 LATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE, DECREASE,  OR  REMAIN  CONSTANT  AT  THE
 STATE AND COUNTY LEVEL.
   2.  ON  OR BEFORE APRIL FIRST ANNUALLY, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION
 WITH THE TICK-BORNE DISEASE INSTITUTE AND  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRON-
 MENTAL  CONSERVATION,  SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPO-
 RARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE  MINORITY
 LEADER  OF  THE  SENATE  AND  THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY.  SUCH
 REPORT SHALL SUMMARIZE THE STATISTICS REQUIRED TO BE  REPORTED  PURSUANT
 TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND INCLUDE ANY
 OTHER INFORMATION DEEMED RELEVANT TO TICK-BORNE ILLNESSES FOR THE COMING
 YEAR.
   §  2.  (a)  The  superintendent of financial services, in consultation
 with the commissioner of health,  shall  review  the  status  of  health
 insurance  coverage  for  the  treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-
 borne related diseases, and  make  recommendations  regarding  potential
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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