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S02538 Summary:

BILL NO	S02538
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	COMRIE
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the high incidence of asthma in the 5th congressional district and to prepare a remedial plan.

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S02538 Actions:

BILL NO	S02538
01/23/2023	REFERRED TO HEALTH
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO HEALTH

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S02538 Committee Votes:

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S02538 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2538
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to direct the New York state department of health  to  conduct  a
          study  on  the  high  incidence  of  asthma in the fifth congressional
          district in the city of New York and to prepare a remedial plan

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The commissioner of the New York state department of health
     2  is hereby authorized and directed to prepare or have prepared a study of
     3  and  a  remedial  plan  for  the  high  incidence of asthma in the fifth
     4  congressional district in the city of New York. Such study shall include
     5  an analysis of high risk neighborhoods examining disparities in: income,
     6  race and ethnicity, public  and  private  housing,  proximity  to  major
     7  sources  of  air  pollution,  and  an evaluation of the effectiveness of
     8  existing medical facilities.
     9    § 2. Such study and remedial plan shall  be  completed  within  twelve
    10  months  of  the effective date of this act and the results of such study
    11  and the remedial  plan  shall be provided to the governor and the legis-
    12  lature no later than eighteen months from the beginning of such study.
    13    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    14  it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04069-01-3

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