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Senate Bill S7651A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of labor to develop instructional tools and materials for occupations at high-risk of tick exposures

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2025-S7651 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8031
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §21, Lab L

2025-S7651 - Summary

Requires the commissioner of labor, in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture and markets, commissioner of health and the commissioner of environmental conservation, to develop instructional tools and materials for occupations at high-risk of tick exposures; requires such materials to provide information on the identification of ticks and tick removal, and protection from tick bites; requires such materials to be available to high-risk employers and employees at no charge.

2025-S7651 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7651 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7651
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring the commissioner
   of labor to develop instructional tools and materials  for  industries
   at high-risk for occupational tick exposures

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 21 of the labor law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17.  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH
 AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  SHALL  DEVELOP
 INSTRUCTIONAL  TOOLS AND MATERIALS FOR INDUSTRIES AT HIGH-RISK FOR OCCU-
 PATIONAL TICK EXPOSURES INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  AGRICULTURE,
 LANDSCAPING,  AND  FORESTRY,  TO  ASSIST  IN THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS
 PROGRAM TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES FROM LYME DISEASE AND TICK-BORNE INFECTIONS
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTEEN-B OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
 LAW, AND FOR FIRST RESPONDERS,  ROAD  CREWS,  AND  UTILITY  CREWS.  SUCH
 INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE IDEN-
 TIFICATION OF TICKS, BEST PRACTICES TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TICKS AND
 RECOMMENDED  PROCEDURES  FOR SAFE TICK REMOVAL. SUCH INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
 AND  MATERIALS  MAY  INCLUDE,  BUT  NEED  NOT  BE  LIMITED   TO,   VIDEO
 PRODUCTIONS,  PAMPHLETS,  AND  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAMS TO ILLUSTRATE THE
 VARIOUS SIZES OF TICKS BEFORE AND AFTER THEY  HAVE  ENGORGED  TO  ASSIST
 WITH  THE  IDENTIFICATION  OF  TICKS AND THE REACTION ON THE SKIN, FOR A
 VARIETY OF SKIN TONES, THAT MAY OCCUR AS A RESULT OF A  TICK  BITE,  AND
 PROTECTION  AGAINST  TICK  BITES. SUCH INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS
 SHALL BE MADE  AVAILABLE  TO  HIGH-RISK  EMPLOYERS  AND  EMPLOYEES  UPON
 REQUEST AT NO CHARGE AND SHALL BE REVIEWED AND UPDATED ANNUALLY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11580-03-5

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2025-S7651A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8031
Current Committee:
Senate Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §21, Lab L

2025-S7651A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of labor, in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture and markets, commissioner of health and the commissioner of environmental conservation, to develop instructional tools and materials for occupations at high-risk of tick exposures; requires such materials to provide information on the identification of ticks and tick removal, and protection from tick bites; requires such materials to be available to high-risk employers and employees at no charge.

2025-S7651A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7651--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. COONEY, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor --  recommitted
   to  the Committee on Labor in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring the commissioner
   of  labor to develop instructional tools and materials for occupations
   at high-risk of tick exposures
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  21  of  the labor law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17. (A) SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  AGRICULTURE
 AND MARKETS, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRON-
 MENTAL CONSERVATION, DEVELOP INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS FOR OCCU-
 PATIONS  AT  HIGH-RISK  OF  TICK EXPOSURES. SUCH INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS AND
 MATERIALS SHALL COMPLEMENT THE  PUBLIC  AWARENESS  CAMPAIGN  ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIXTEEN-B  OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW AND
 PROVIDE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF TICKS, BEST  PRAC-
 TICES  TO  PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TICKS, AND RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES FOR
 SAFE TICK REMOVAL.
   (B) OCCUPATIONS AT HIGH-RISK OF TICK EXPOSURES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO,THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) FARMERS, FARM WORKERS, AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEES;
   (II) LANDSCAPE WORKERS;
   (III)  FORESTRY WORKERS;
   (IV) FIRST RESPONDERS;
   (V) ROAD CREWS; AND
   (VI) UTILITY CREWS.
   (C)  SUCH  INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS MAY INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT
 BE LIMITED TO, VIDEO PRODUCTIONS, PAMPHLETS, AND DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAMS

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11580-05-6

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