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S01140 Summary:

BILL NO	S01140
SAME AS	SAME AS A03970
SPONSOR	HARCKHAM
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §352, Pub Health L
Requires the county health commissioner to notify certain individuals in the event of an emergency creating an imminent risk to public health and safety.

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S01140 Actions:

BILL NO	S01140
01/07/2021	REFERRED TO HEALTH
01/05/2022	REFERRED TO HEALTH

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S01140 Committee Votes:

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S01140 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1140
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 7, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  notifying  local
          officials of the occurrence of certain emergency situations
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 352 of the public health law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7. Upon the occurrence of an emergency where an  imminent  imperilment
     4  to the public health and safety exists, in addition to those individuals
     5  he  or she would have otherwise notified, the county health commissioner
     6  shall immediately notify the following individuals of the  existence  of
     7  such emergency:
     8    (a)  the  chief executive officer of each municipality affected by the
     9  emergency;
    10    (b) each member of the legislative body of the  county  in  which  the
    11  emergency exists who represents the area affected by the emergency; and
    12    (c)  where  the  emergency  affects  another county, the county health
    13  commissioner of the affected county or counties.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01451-01-1

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