Bill Text: NY A01529 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of health to conduct a comprehensive health study to determine the dangers of mixed martial arts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-05 - print number 1529a [A01529 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A01529-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1529--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 12, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE, MARKEY, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, LIFTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FARRELL, GALEF, GLICK, RIVERA, SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development -- recommitted to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to require the commissioner of health to conduct a comprehensive health study to determine the dangers of mixed martial arts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of health is authorized and directed to 2 conduct a comprehensive health study to determine the dangers to partic- 3 ipants of engaging in mixed martial arts competition events. Such study 4 shall be completed within eighteen months of the effective date of this 5 act. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02593-03-6