A11328 Summary:
| BILL NO | A11328 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Rules (Schiavoni) |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §206-c, Pub Health L | |
| Requires reporting of the tick-borne disease of Alpha-gal syndrome. | |
A11328 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11328 IN ASSEMBLY May 11, 2026 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Schiavoni) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the reportable tick-borne disease of Alpha-gal syndrome 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 2 206-c to read as follows: 3 § 206-c. Special requirements for Alpha-gal syndrome diagnosis and 4 surveillance. 1. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations 5 to establish Alpha-gal syndrome, a serious and potentially life-threat- 6 ening allergic condition triggered by a tick bite, as a reportable 7 disease or condition for the purpose of requiring health care practi- 8 tioners and facilities to report instances of diagnosis of Alpha-gal 9 syndrome. 10 2. The commissioner shall expand the list of tick-borne diseases 11 included within the tick-borne disease surveillance report submitted by 12 the department's bureau of communicable disease control to include 13 Alpha-gal syndrome. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 15 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15769-01-6