| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2025 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S3707
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 14th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
Actions
2025-S3707 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Health
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2019-2020:
S5381, S7832
2021-2022: S5548
2023-2024: S2538
2025-S3707 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3707
SPONSOR: COMRIE
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to direct the New York state department of health to conduct a
study on the high incidence of asthma in the fifth congressional
district in the city of New York and to prepare a remedial plan
PURPOSE:
To require the New York State Department of Health to conduct a year
study on Asthma in Southeast Queens with a report and solutions to be
given to the Governor and Legislature.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
§ 1. The commissioner of the New York State Department of Health shall
prepare a study of high incidences of asthma.
2. The study shall be completed within one year after enacted.
2025-S3707 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3707
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 29, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to direct the New York state department of health to conduct a
study on the high incidence of asthma in the fifth congressional
district in the city of New York and to prepare a remedial plan
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The commissioner of the New York state department of health
is hereby authorized and directed to prepare or have prepared a study of
and a remedial plan for the high incidence of asthma in the fifth
congressional district in the city of New York. Such study shall include
an analysis of high risk neighborhoods examining disparities in: income,
race and ethnicity, public and private housing, proximity to major
sources of air pollution, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of
existing medical facilities.
§ 2. Such study and remedial plan shall be completed within twelve
months of the effective date of this act and the results of such study
and the remedial plan shall be provided to the governor and the legis-
lature no later than eighteen months from the beginning of such study.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05343-01-5
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