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A04219 Summary:

BILL NOA04219
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04193
 
SPONSORRivera
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
 
Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the incidences of cancer clusters in cities and towns having a population of more than ninety thousand.
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A04219 Actions:

BILL NOA04219
 
02/13/2023referred to health
01/03/2024referred to health
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A04219 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A4219
 
SPONSOR: Rivera
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to direct the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the incidences of cancer clusters in cities and towns having a population of more than ninety thousand   PURPOSE: To require the New York State Department of Health to conduct a study on the incidences of cancer clusters in cities and towns having a popu- lation over 90,000 people. The study should be completed by September 30, 2023.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: § 1. The commissioner of the New York State Department of Health shall prepare a study of the incidences of cancer clusters in all cities and towns having a population of more than 90,000. The study shall include a map of each city and town indicating incidents of asthma. Such study shall include an analysis of high risk neighborhoods examining dispari- ties in: income, race and ethnicity, public and private housing, proxim- ity to major sources of air pollution and an evaluation of the effec- tiveness of existing medical facilities in each city. § 2. The study shall be completed and posted on the department of health's website by September 30, 2025. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.   EXISTING LAW: The commissioner is not currently directed to prepare such a study.   JUSTIFICATION: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) defines a cancer cluster "as a greater-than-expected number of cancer cases that occurs within a group of people in a geographic area over a period of time." https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/clusters/default.htm After heart disease, cancer is the leading cause of death in the United States, according to the CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leadingcauses-of-death.htm This bill will require the Department of Health to research the depth of the cancer crisis in New York's cities and towns and pinpoint the areas of cancer clusters.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2022 REFERRED TO SENATE HEALTH 2022 referred to assembly health 2021 REFERRED TO SENATE RULES   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: No substantial cost to state   LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A04219 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4219
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 13, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health
 
        AN  ACT  to  direct the New York state department of health to conduct a
          study on the incidences of cancer clusters in cities and towns  having
          a population of more than ninety thousand

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. 1. The commissioner of the New  York  state  department  of
     2  health  is  hereby authorized and directed to prepare or have prepared a
     3  study of the incidences of cancer  clusters  in  all  cities  and  towns
     4  having  a  population of more than ninety thousand inhabitants as deter-
     5  mined by the last federal decennial census. Such study shall include  an
     6  analysis  of  high  risk neighborhoods examining disparities in: income,
     7  race and ethnicity, public and private    housing,  proximity  to  major
     8  sources of air pollution, proximity to major sources of carcinogens, and
     9  an  evaluation  of  the  effectiveness of existing medical facilities in
    10  each city.  The study shall include recommendations  for  evidence-based
    11  interventions to address the high burden of cancer clusters in each city
    12  and town included in the study.
    13    2.  For the purposes of this act, "cancer cluster" shall mean a great-
    14  er-than-expected number of cancer cases that occurs within  a  group  of
    15  people in a geographic area over a period of time.
    16    §  2.  The  study  shall  be completed and posted on the department of
    17  health's website by September 30, 2025.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02394-01-3
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