Bill Text: NY S01987 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 1987 (Prior Session Legislation)

NY State Legislature page for S01987

Bill Title: Prohibits smoking on the grounds of general hospitals and residential health care facilities.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-21 - SUBSTITUTED BY A1115A [S01987 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S01987-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1987--A
           Cal. No. 622
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sens. MARTINS, AVELLA, FUSCHILLO, RANZENHOFER, RIVERA --
         read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
         the  Committee  on  Health  -- reported favorably from said committee,
         ordered to first and  second  report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,
         amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
         third reading
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting  smok-
         ing on hospital grounds and residential health care facilities
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1399-o of the public  health  law,
    2  as  added  by  chapter  389  of  the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    2. Smoking shall not be permitted and no person  shall  smoke  in  the
    5  following outdoor areas:
    6    A. ticketing, boarding or platform areas of railroad stations operated
    7  by the metropolitan transportation authority or its subsidiaries.
    8    B.  ON  THE  GROUNDS  OF GENERAL HOSPITALS AND RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE
    9  FACILITIES AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  WITHIN
   10  FIFTEEN  FEET  OF  A BUILDING ENTRANCE OR EXIT OR WITHIN FIFTEEN FEET OF
   11  THE ENTRANCE TO OR EXIT FROM THE GROUNDS OF ANY SUCH GENERAL HOSPITAL OR
   12  RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY.  THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL  NOT  PROHIBIT
   13  SMOKING BY A PATIENT OR A VISITOR OR GUEST OF A PATIENT OF A RESIDENTIAL
   14  HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY IN A SEPARATE AREA ON THE GROUNDS DESIGNATED AS A
   15  SMOKING AREA BY THE RESIDENTIAL  HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY,  PROVIDED  SUCH
   16  DESIGNATED SMOKING AREA IS NOT WITHIN THIRTY FEET OF ANY BUILDING STRUC-
   17  TURE (OTHER THAN A NON-RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE
   18  DESIGNATED  SMOKING  AREA),  INCLUDING  ANY  OVERHANG,  CANOPY,  AWNING,
   19  ENTRANCE, EXIT, WINDOW, INTAKE OR EXHAUST.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   21  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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