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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5221--A
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     March 16, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --  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 the creation of a
          reference list of businesses that provide locator technology  designed
          to  assist  in  the  expedited  location of individuals afflicted with
          Alzheimer's disease or dementia who become lost or disoriented
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  2010 to read as follows:
     3    § 2010. Alzheimer's and dementia locator technology information.    1.
     4  The  department,  in  conjunction  with  the  office  for the aging, the
     5  department of social services and the state police, shall develop a list
     6  of businesses and other entities that manufacture, distribute or  other-
     7  wise  offer  locator  technology  or  services designed to assist in the
     8  expedited location of individuals afflicted with Alzheimer's disease  or
     9  dementia  who  become  lost  or disoriented.   Such businesses and other
    10  entities may register with the department to be included on  such  list.
    11  The  department shall notify all physicians licensed to practice in this
    12  state of the existence of the list and shall make the list available  to
    13  the  general public through the department's website.  The list shall be
    14  updated by the department  as  needed,  and  may  be  maintained  on  or
    15  connected  to the websites of other state offices, including those main-
    16  tained by the office for the aging, the department of  social  services,
    17  the state police, and the department of mental health.
    18    2.  As  used  in  this section "locator technology" means any product,
    19  program or system used to assist in the location and  identification  of
    20  lost  or  disoriented persons, and includes but is not limited to, radio
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04968-03-8
        S. 5221--A                          2
 
     1  wrist transmitter tracking systems, software programs, data  bases,  and
     2  products  containing  identifying  information,  including  necklaces or
     3  bracelets.
     4    3.  The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as he
     5  or she deems necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
     7  ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law, provided that the
     8  department of health is immediately authorized and directed to take such
     9  actions as are necessary to implement this act, including the  promulga-
    10  tion of rules in accordance with the state administrative procedure act,
    11  on or before its effective date.