Senate Bill S8487

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a Legionnaires' disease awareness and education program

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S8487 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §267-c, Pub Health L

2025-S8487 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a Legionnaires' disease awareness and education program on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Legionnaires' disease.

2025-S8487 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8487 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8487
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
   Legionnaires' disease awareness and education program
 
   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
 267-c to read as follows:
   § 267-C. LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE AWARENESS AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. 1. THE
 DEPARTMENT  SHALL  CONDUCT  AN  ONGOING  PUBLIC  AWARENESS AND EDUCATION
 PROGRAM UNDER SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE ON THE SYMPTOMS,
 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PRODUCE AND DISTRIBUTE  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIALS
 ON THE RISKS OF LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE, SYMPTOMS OF LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE
 AND  AVAILABLE  TREATMENTS.  SUCH  MATERIALS  SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
 APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS  FOR  DISTRIBUTION  TO  PATIENTS.  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS AND
 TREATMENT OF LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNET WEBSITE.
 NO  PROVISION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROHIBIT THE UTILI-
 ZATION  AND  DISTRIBUTION  OF  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIALS  RELATING  THERETO
 PRODUCED  BY  ANY PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, IN LIEU OF THE
 DEPARTMENT'S PRODUCTION OF SUCH MATERIALS.
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PERIODICALLY  REVIEW  AVAILABLE  DATA  ON  THE
 SYMPTOMS,  DIAGNOSIS  AND  TREATMENT OF LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE AND UPDATE
 THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN ITS EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND ON ITS  INTER-
 NET WEBSITE, AS APPROPRIATE.
   4.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT EVERY THREE YEARS, COMMENCING JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT, TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY  PRESI-
 DENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
 OF  THIS  SECTION  AND ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHERING THE PURPOSE OF
 THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13650-01-5

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