STATE OF NEW YORK
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3086
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 1, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home-
land Security and Military Affairs
AN ACT relating to the distribution of potassium iodide in a radiologi-
cal emergency
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The disaster preparedness commission shall revise the New
2 York state radiological emergency preparedness plan to mandate the pre-
3 distribution of potassium iodide to personnel monitoring centers, prima-
4 ry MS-1 hospital facilities, and state emergency management facilities
5 located within a fifty mile radius of nuclear power sites for distrib-
6 ution to populations in the event of a radiological emergency. Outside
7 of the current 10 mile radius, the state shall reimburse counties for
8 the purchase of potassium iodide. The commission, in consultation with
9 the department of health, shall develop a set of standards and protocols
10 for pre-distribution of potassium iodide as provided in this act. The
11 provision of this act shall be implemented within amounts made available
12 by appropriation therefor.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2020.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06297-01-9
