Assembly Bill A10347

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10347
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIAVONI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to tick-borne disease
   prevention grants
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 2798 of the public health law, as added by chapter
 550 of the laws of 1988, the opening paragraph as amended by section  35
 of  part  A  of  chapter  58  of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 2798. Powers and duties. The  tick-borne  disease  institute  estab-
 lished  by  section  twenty-seven  hundred  ninety-seven of this article
 shall have the following powers and duties:
   1. to develop and promote investigations into the  cause,  prevention,
 detection,   spread,  methods  of  treatment,  and  cure  of  tick-borne
 diseases; [and]
   2. to develop and promote an outreach campaign directed toward target-
 ed high-risk populations to provide  coordinated  information  regarding
 the   cause,   prevention,   detection,   and  treatment  of  tick-borne
 disease[.]; AND
   3. TO PROVIDE GRANTS FOR PURPOSES  OF  TICK-BORNE  DISEASE  PREVENTION
 PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2799 to
 read as follows:
   § 2799. TICK-BORNE DISEASE PREVENTION GRANTS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER,  IN
 CONSULTATION  WITH  THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND THE
 DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND  HISTORIC  PRESERVATION,  IS  HEREBY
 AUTHORIZED  TO  MAKE GRANTS WITHIN THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR PURPOSES
 OF  PREVENTING  TRANSMISSION  OF  TICK-BORNE  DISEASES  ON  PUBLIC  LAND
 FREQUENTED  BY  HUMANS,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO STATE PARKS OR
 TRAILS.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  GIVE  NOTICE  AND  PROVIDE  OPPORTUNITY  TO
 SUBMIT  APPLICATIONS  FOR  GRANTS  UNDER  THIS  SECTION.  IN ORDER TO BE
 CONSIDERED FOR SUCH GRANTS, APPLICANTS SHALL DEMONSTRATE EVIDENCE OF:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD14381-01-6
 A. 10347                            2
 
   (A) EFFECTIVENESS IN REDUCING  PREVALENCE  AND  SPREAD  OF  TICK-BORNE
 DISEASES;
   (B) HUMAN AND ANIMAL SAFETY, AS EVIDENCED BY CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION;
   (C) MINIMAL INVASIVENESS IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; AND
   (D) COST EFFECTIVENESS.
   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ANNUALLY SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR,
 THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF  THE  SENATE,  THE  MINORITY  LEADER  OF  THE
 SENATE,  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY, AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY, REGARDING THE PERFORMANCE OF PROGRAMS FUNDED  BY  GRANTS  MADE
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION.  SUCH  REPORTS  SHALL ALSO BE MADE PUBLICLY
 AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.