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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5769
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 19, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, GALEF, GOTTFRIED -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, GORDON, JOHN,  KOON,  MAYERSOHN,
          McENENY,  ORTIZ,  PAULIN, SWEENEY, WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to research  relating

          to the health effects of artificial night light
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 201 of the public  health  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows:
     3    (t) engage in and/or support research into the health effects of arti-
     4  ficial  night  light including but not limited to research on indicators
     5  that exposure to light at night may be  associated  with  the  increased
     6  risk  of  developing  breast  cancer by suppressing the normal nocturnal
     7  production of melatonin by the pineal gland, within funds made available
     8  for such purposes including research funds from  non-state,  public  and
     9  private sources;

    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05671-01-9