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A01888 Summary:

BILL NOA01888
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05566
 
SPONSORZinerman
 
COSPNSRAubry, Burdick, Simon
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §411, Pub Health L
 
Relates to creating NYCHA-based health centers to provide basic health services for residents living on NYCHA campuses, specifically specialty care and testing for lead poisoning and mold exposure and specifically respiratory related illnesses.
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A01888 Actions:

BILL NOA01888
 
01/23/2023referred to health
01/03/2024referred to health
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A01888 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1888
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in  relation  to creating
          NYCHA-based health centers
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  411 to read as follows:
     3    § 411. NYCHA-based health centers.  1. The department shall  establish
     4  health  centers  on  campuses  for  residents living on such campuses no
     5  later than one hundred eighty days after  the  effective  date  of  this
     6  section.
     7    2. For purposes of this section:
     8    (a) "campus" shall refer to an individual development owned by the New
     9  York city housing authority;
    10    (b)  "health center" shall mean an area located within a campus desig-
    11  nated by the New York city housing authority for the purpose of  provid-
    12  ing basic health services, such area shall be located on the first floor
    13  in a designated community space accessible to all; and
    14    (c)  "basic  health services" shall mean primary care and preventative
    15  health services, including prenatal care; screenings for  vision,  hear-
    16  ing,  asthma, tuberculosis and other medical conditions as determined by
    17  the commissioner; medical care and treatment  for  illnesses,  including
    18  the  prescribing  of medication; and specialty care and testing for lead
    19  poisoning  and  mold  exposure,  and  specifically  respiratory  related
    20  illnesses.
    21    3.  The  department shall provide the resources necessary to establish
    22  such health centers.  Such resources shall include, but not  be  limited
    23  to,  materials  used  to  perform screenings and diagnostic blood tests,
    24  materials used to maintain  a  safe  and  sanitary  health  center,  and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01130-01-3

        A. 1888                             2
 
     1  personnel  to  provide  primary  health  care services and assist in the
     2  administration of such health centers.
     3    4.  The  department  shall  establish  at least one health center at a
     4  campus within each borough in the city of New York. The location of such
     5  health centers shall be based on the need and reported  health  dispari-
     6  ties within each borough.
     7    5. The department shall allocate such resources in a manner determined
     8  by the department for the purposes of this section.
     9    6.  The  department  shall  evaluate  the effectiveness of such health
    10  centers and prepare a report on the performance of such health  centers,
    11  the  manner  in which each health center's resources were allocated, the
    12  number of primary care visits, the number of persons tested for lead and
    13  respiratory illnesses, the frequency of such testing and the  number  of
    14  persons  testing positively for lead poisoning and/or mold exposure, and
    15  the health outcomes and improvements associated with  such  individuals.
    16  Such  performance  report shall be delivered to the governor, the tempo-
    17  rary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly by December
    18  first, two thousand twenty-five, and every year thereafter.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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