S08355 Summary:

BILL NOS08355
 
SAME ASSAME AS A10938
 
SPONSORPARKER
 
COSPNSRSEPULVEDA
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add Art 2-C 297, Pub Health L
 
Establishes a state stockpile which shall maintain reserves of certain drugs, vaccines, biological products, medical devices and other supplies.
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S08355 Actions:

BILL NOS08355
 
05/19/2020REFERRED TO HEALTH
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S08355 Committee Votes:

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S08355 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S08355 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8355
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 19, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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  establishing  a
          state stockpile
 
          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  article
     2  2-C to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 2-C
     4                          STRATEGIC STATE STOCKPILE
     5  Section 297. State stockpile.
     6    § 297. State stockpile. 1. The commissioner shall maintain a stockpile
     7  or  stockpiles of drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical
     8  devices and other supplies in such numbers, types and amounts as  deter-
     9  mined  by  the governor. The commissioner shall conduct an annual review
    10  of the contents of such stockpile, including, but not limited  to,  non-
    11  pharmaceutical  supplies,  and make necessary additions or modifications
    12  to the contents of such stockpile based on such review.
    13    2. The commissioner, in managing the stockpile pursuant to subdivision
    14  one of this section, shall:
    15    (a) consult with the workgroup for disease elimination  and  reduction
    16  established pursuant to section two hundred sixty-six of this chapter;
    17    (b)  ensure that adequate procedures are followed with respect to such
    18  stockpile for inventory management and accounting and for  the  physical
    19  security of such stockpile;
    20    (c)  review and revise, as appropriate, the contents of such stockpile
    21  on a regular basis to ensure that emerging  threats  and  the  potential
    22  depletion  of  countermeasures currently in the stockpile are identified
    23  and appropriately addressed, including through necessary  replenishment;
    24  and
    25    (d)  devise plans for the effective and timely supply-chain management
    26  of such stockpile, in consultation with the appropriate state and  local
    27  agencies and the public and private healthcare infrastructure.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16285-01-0

        S. 8355                             2
 
     1    3.  The  commissioner  shall  be  responsible  for  the procurement of
     2  supplies to be stored  in  such  stockpile  pursuant  to  this  section,
     3  including  negotiating  terms such as the quantity, production schedule,
     4  and price of supplies,  and  entering  into  contracts  and  cooperative
     5  agreements.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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