STATE OF NEW YORK
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1584
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE, THIELE, FERNANDEZ, CRUZ, SAYEGH,
GLICK, MIKULIN, SIMON, DICKENS, GOTTFRIED, SEAWRIGHT, DARLING,
J. RIVERA, GRIFFIN, HYNDMAN, NIOU -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
COOK, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including hexava-
lent chromium in the list of emerging contaminants
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 1112 of the public
2 health law, as added by section 1 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of
3 2017, is amended to read as follows:
4 c. The commissioner shall, at a minimum, include the following chemi-
5 cals identified as emerging contaminants: 1,4-dioxane; hexavalent chro-
6 mium (chromium-6); perfluorooctanesulfonic acid; and perfluorooctanoic
7 acid.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04875-01-1
