Bill Text: NY S05548 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the high incidence of asthma in the 5th congressional district and to prepare a remedial plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S05548 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05548-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5548

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 10, 2021
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        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:

     1    Section 1. The commissioner of the New York state department of health
     2  is hereby authorized and directed to prepare or have prepared a study of
     3  and  a  remedial  plan  for  the  high  incidence of asthma in the fifth
     4  congressional district in the city of New York. Such study shall include
     5  an analysis of high risk neighborhoods examining disparities in: income,
     6  race and ethnicity, public  and  private  housing,  proximity  to  major
     7  sources  of  air  pollution,  and  an evaluation of the effectiveness of
     8  existing medical facilities.
     9    § 2. Such study and remedial plan shall  be  completed  within  twelve
    10  months of the effective date of this act.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    12  it shall have become a law and the results of such study and the remedi-
    13  al  plan  shall be provided to the governor and the legislature no later
    14  than eighteen months from the beginning of such study.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06759-01-1