A01868 Summary:
| BILL NO | A01868 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Rosenthal (MS) |
| COSPNSR | Dinowitz |
| MLTSPNSR | Cook, Glick, Paulin |
| Amd §201, Pub Health L | |
| Provides for authority of the department of health to engage in or support research on the health effects of artificial night light. | |
A01868 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1868 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, PAULIN -- 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. Paragraphs (u), (v), (w), (x) and (y) of subdivision 1 of 2 section 201 of the public health law, paragraph (u) as added by chapter 3 939 of the laws of 1976, paragraph (v) as added by chapter 474 of the 4 laws of 1996, paragraph (w) as added by chapter 543 of the laws of 2019, 5 paragraph (x) as added by section 2 of subpart S of part XX of chapter 6 55 of the laws of 2020 and paragraph (y) as added by chapter 95 of the 7 laws of 2022, are amended and a new paragraph (z) is added to read as 8 follows: 9 (u) engage in research into the causes of rocky mountain spotted fever 10 and the prevention thereof and develop programs for the control of 11 ticks, insects and anthropods which act as vectors of disease affecting 12 [man] humans, within funds made available for such purposes[.]; 13 (v) act as the single state agency for medical assistance pursuant to 14 section three hundred sixty-three-a of the social services law, as 15 amended by this chapter, with responsibility to supervise the plan for 16 medical assistance as required by title XIX of the federal Social Secu- 17 rity act, or its successor, and to adopt regulations as may be necessary 18 to implement this plan[.]; 19 (w) make available to the council on children and families informa- 20 tion, in a format identified by the council, regarding home visiting 21 programs that meet the criteria as required by section four hundred 22 twenty-nine of the social services law regardless of whether such 23 program has a contract with or receive funding from the state. Such 24 information shall be provided in accordance with the requirements set EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04646-01-5A. 1868 2 1 forth in subdivision two of section four hundred eighty-three-h of the 2 social services law. Such information shall be made available no less 3 than once a year[.]; 4 (x) produce an annual report analyzing the costs related to the sexual 5 assault examination direct reimbursement program as created under subdi- 6 vision thirteen of section six hundred thirty-one of the executive law 7 and provide such report to the office of victim services on or before 8 September first of each year. Such report shall be provided to the 9 governor, temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the 10 assembly[.]; 11 (y) To develop a form by which a coroner, coroner's physician or 12 medical examiner, pursuant to section six hundred seventy-seven of the 13 county law, shall report to the division of veterans' services any death 14 which appears to be caused by suicide by a person who, to the knowledge 15 of the coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner, is a veteran. 16 This form shall at a minimum: (i) ensure compliance with the strictest 17 privacy protections and encourage data aggregation to the extent feasi- 18 ble; (ii) provide the address to which the form is to be mailed or 19 submitted electronically; and (iii) include the county of residence and 20 the branch of service of deceased veterans during the reporting peri- 21 od[.]; and 22 (z) engage in and/or support research into the health effects of arti- 23 ficial night light including but not limited to research on indicators 24 that exposure to light at night may be associated with the increased 25 risk of developing breast cancer by suppressing the normal nocturnal 26 production of melatonin by the pineal gland, within funds made available 27 for such purposes including research funds from non-state, public and 28 private sources; 29 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.