STATE OF NEW YORK
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8487--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
August 22, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, PERSAUD, SALA-
ZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
ted to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on
Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
Legionnaires' disease awareness and education program
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 207 of the public health law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows:
3 (t) For those at risk for Legionnaires' disease, information and
4 educational materials on the risks of Legionnaires' disease, symptoms of
5 Legionnaires' disease, preventative measures and available treatments,
6 including special consideration for seniors and vulnerable populations.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
8 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
9 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
10 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
11 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13650-02-6
