NY State Senate Bill 2017-S7170A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 05, 2018	signed chap.337
Oct 24, 2018	delivered to governor
Jun 20, 2018	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.408 substituted for a8900a
Jun 04, 2018	referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate
May 14, 2018	advanced to third reading
May 09, 2018	2nd report cal.
May 08, 2018	1st report cal.1108
Feb 16, 2018	print number 7170a
Feb 16, 2018	amend and recommit to finance
Jan 03, 2018	referred to finance

Votes

- Jun 4, 2018 - Floor Vote
  S7170A
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 4, 2018
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Mayer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (1)
      
      Croci
  May 8, 2018 - Finance Committee Vote
  S7170A
  
  37
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Finance Committee Vote: May 8, 2018
      
      aye (37)
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Valesky
      
      Young

Bill Amendments

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2017-S7170 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8900
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 45-B §958, Exec L

2017-S7170 - Summary

Establishes a Lyme and tick-borne disease working group to review current best practices for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Lyme and tick-borne diseases.

2017-S7170 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7170

SPONSOR: SERINO
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
establishing a Lyme and tick-borne diseases working group

 
PURPOSE:

To gather experts across various disciplines for the purpose of provid-
ing recommendations on how to address the Lyme and TBDs epidemic.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: A Lyme and tick-borne diseases working group is established,
consisting of the commissioners of the Department of Health, Office of
Mental Health, Environmental Conservation, as well as the Superintendent
of Financial Services. Additionally, the Governor shall appoint six
members to the working group, while the Temporary President of the
Senate and Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint three, and the
minority leaders of the Senate and Assembly shall each appoint one.
Among those appointed to the working group shall be an infectious

disease specialist, a general practitioner, a mental health practition-
er, an entomologist, and epidemiologist, and a representative of health
insurance providers.

The working group will review current best practices for the diagnosis,
treatment and prevention of Lyme and TBDs, and provide recommendations
on improvements to the delivery of care, collaborations at the county,
state, and federal level, data collection, reporting, and other issues
as determined by the task force.

The working group will submit a report of their findings and recommenda-
tions by May 1, 2019.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the Commissioner of the New York State Department of
Health, there are approximately 8,000 cases of Lyme disease, and more
than 1,000 cases of other tick-borne diseases reported in the state each
year, and it is estimated that there are many more cases that go unre-
ported. Not only is the scale of the epidemic concerning, Lyme and tick-
borne diseases (TBDs) have also proven to be especially challenging due
to difficulties posed by their diagnosis, treatment and prevention.  In
light of the array of challenges presented by such infections, this
legislation would establish a working group that would brg together a
variety of experts with experience in dealing with Lyme and TBDs in an
effort to mitigate the impacts of their spread.

Although Lyme and tick-borne diseases have traditionally been limited in
New York State to the Hudson Valley and Long Island, these diseases are
spreading and becoming more common in other parts of the state as well.
It is critical that the state ensures that reliable and up-to-date
information regarding these infections are readily accessible not only
for the traditional hot spots of this epidemic, but for areas that have
less experience in dealing with such infections. Information and recom-
mendations from the working group could dramatically assist the state,
as well as local governments, in combatting this epidemic.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2017-S7170 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7170
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SERINO, HANNON, AMEDORE, AVELLA, HELMING, LITTLE,
   MARCHIONE, O'MARA, PHILLIPS, RITCHIE, SEWARD, TEDISCO, VALESKY -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Finance
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a Lyme
   and tick-borne diseases working group
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The executive law is amended by adding a new article 45-B
 to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 45-B
                LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES WORKING GROUP
 SECTION 958. LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES WORKING GROUP.
   § 958. LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES WORKING GROUP. 1. THERE IS  HEREBY
 CREATED IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT A LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES WORK-
 ING GROUP CONSISTING OF THE:
   (A) COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH;
   (B) COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH;
   (C) COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION;
   (D)  SUPERINTENDENT  OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, WHO SHALL SERVE EX OFFICIO
 AND WHO MAY DESIGNATE REPRESENTATIVES TO ACT ON THEIR BEHALF; AND
   (E) SIX ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
   2. THE GOVERNOR SHALL ALSO APPOINT EIGHT MEMBERS TO THE WORKING  GROUP
 ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS AS FOLLOWS:
   (A)  THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE  SHALL RECOMMEND THREE
 MEMBERS;
   (B) THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL RECOMMEND THREE MEMBERS;
   (C) THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE SHALL RECOMMEND ONE MEMBER; AND
   (D) THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL RECOMMEND ONE MEMBER.
   3. MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE WORKING GROUP SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED  TO,  AT  LEAST  ONE OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING, EACH OF WHOM MUST
 HAVE EXPERIENCED WORKING WITH ISSUES  RELATED  TO  LYME  AND  TICK-BORNE
 DISEASES:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13892-01-7

 S. 7170                             2
 
   (A) AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST;
   (B) A GENERAL PRACTITIONER;
   (C) A MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER;
   (D) AN ENTOMOLOGIST;
   (E) AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST; AND
   (F) A REPRESENTATIVE OF HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL SERVE, EX OFFICIO, AS THE CHAIR OF
 THE  WORKING  GROUP,  AND THE GOVERNOR SHALL DESIGNATE THE VICE CHAIR OF
 THE WORKING GROUP. IN APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP,  APPOINT-
 ING  AUTHORITIES  SHALL  ENSURE THAT SUCH MEMBERS, AS A GROUP, REPRESENT
 DIVERSE SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES RELEVANT TO THE DUTIES  OF  THE  WORKING
 GROUP. THE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP, EXCEPT THOSE WHO SERVE EX OFFI-
 CIO,  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED THEIR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN
 THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES UNDER THIS ARTICLE BUT SHALL RECEIVE  NO
 ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
   5.  THE WORKING GROUP, ON CALL OF THE CHAIR, SHALL MEET AT LEAST TWICE
 EACH YEAR AND AT SUCH OTHER TIMES AS MAY BE NECESSARY. THE WORKING GROUP
 MAY ESTABLISH QUORUM REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER RULES AND PROCEDURES REGARD-
 ING CONDUCT OF ITS MEETINGS AND OTHER AFFAIRS.
   6. THE WORKING GROUP SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS AND  RESPONSIBIL-
 ITIES:
   (A)  REVIEW  CURRENT  BEST  PRACTICES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND
 PREVENTION OF LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES, AS WELL AS  ANY  REPORTS  OR
 RECOMMENDATIONS  FROM  THE  TWENTY-FIRST  CENTURY  WORKGROUP FOR DISEASE
 ELIMINATION AND REDUCTION, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX  OF
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW;
   (B) PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I)  IMPROVEMENTS  TO  THE DELIVERY OF CARE FOR PATIENTS AND SUSPECTED
 PATIENTS OF LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM ENDEM-
 IC AREAS OF THE STATE;
   (II) COLLABORATIONS AMONG COUNTY  DEPARTMENTS  OF  HEALTH  TO  PROMOTE
 EFFECTIVE  STRATEGIES  TO COMBAT LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES, INCLUDING
 BEST PRACTICES FOR PREVENTION AND REPORTING;
   (III) INTERAGENCY COLLABORATIONS TO STREAMLINE STATE EFFORTS TO COMBAT
 THE SPREAD OF LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES;
   (IV) IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
 MENT, NON-PROFIT ENTITIES, OR PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS ON PROJECTS ADDRESS-
 ING THESE DISEASES;
   (V) DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF LYME AND  TICK-BORNE
 DISEASE,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS;
 AND
   (VI) ANY OTHER REGULATIONS OR GUIDELINES  CONCERNING  LYME  AND  TICK-
 BORNE DISEASES; AND
   (C)  PREPARE  AND  ISSUE  A REPORT ON THE WORKING GROUP'S FINDINGS AND
 RECOMMENDATIONS BY MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN TO THE GOVERNOR, THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
   7. IF ANY APPOINTMENTS TO THE WORKING GROUP  ARE  NOT  MADE  BY  APRIL
 FIFTEENTH,  TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, THEN THE WORKING GROUP MAY PROCEED TO
 MEET AND FULFILL ITS RESPONSIBILITIES, PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPHS  TWO  AND
 THREE OF THIS SECTION, WITHOUT SUCH APPOINTEES.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

co-Sponsors

View additional co-sponsors

2017-S7170A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8900
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 45-B §958, Exec L

2017-S7170A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a Lyme and tick-borne disease working group to review current best practices for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Lyme and tick-borne diseases.

2017-S7170A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7170A

SPONSOR: SERINO
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the executive law, in relation to
establishing a Lyme and tick-borne diseases working group

 
PURPOSE:

To gather experts across various disciplines for the purpose of provid-
ing recommendations on how to address the Lyme and TBDs epidemic.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: A Lyme and tick-borne diseases working group is established,
consisting of the commissioners of the Department of Health, Office of
Mental Health, Environmental Conservation, as well as the Superintendent
of Financial Services. Additionally, the Governor shall appoint six
members to the working group, while the Temporary President of the
Senate and Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint three, and the
minority leaders of the Senate and Assembly shall each appoint one.
Among those appointed to the working group shall be an infectious

disease specialist, a general practitioner, a mental health practition-
er, an entomologist, and epidemiologist, a representative of health
insurance providers and a representative of a tick-borne disease advoca-
cy organization.

The working group will review current best practices for the diagnosis,
treatment and prevention of Lyme and TBDs, and provide recommendations
on improvements to the delivery of care, collaborations at the county,
state, and federal level, data collection, reporting, and other issues
as determined by the task force.

The working group will submit a report of their findings and recommenda-
tions by May 1, 2019.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the Commissioner of the New York State Department of
Health, there are approximately 8,000 cases of Lyme disease, and more
than 1,000 cases of other tick-borne diseases reported in the state each
year, and it is estimated that there are many more cases that go unre-
ported. Not only is the scale of the epidemic concerning, Lyme and tick-
borne diseases (TBDs) have also proven to be especially challenging due
to difficulties posed by their diagnosis, treatment and prevention. In
light of the array of challenges presented by such infections, this
legislation would establish a working group that would bring together a
variety of experts with experience in dealing with Lyme and TBDs in an
effort mitigate the impacts of their spread.

Although Lyme and tick-borne diseases have traditionally been limited in
New York State to the Hudson Valley and Long Island, these diseases are
spreading and becoming more common in other parts of the state as well.
It is critical that the state ensures that reliable and up-to-date
information regarding these infections are readily accessible not only
for the traditional hot spots of this epidemic, but for areas that have
less experience in dealing with such infections. Information and recom-
mendations from the working group could dramatically assist the state,
as well as local governments, in combatting this epidemic.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2017-S7170A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7170--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SERINO,  HANNON, AMEDORE, AVELLA, BONACIC, CROCI,
   HELMING, JACOBS, LARKIN, LITTLE, MARCHIONE, O'MARA, PHILLIPS,  RANZEN-
   HOFER,  RITCHIE,  SAVINO,  SEWARD,  TEDISCO, VALESKY -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Finance  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  establishing  a  Lyme
   and tick-borne diseases working group
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new  article  45-B
 to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 45-B
                LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES WORKING GROUP
 SECTION 958. LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES WORKING GROUP.
   §  958. LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES WORKING GROUP. 1. THERE IS HEREBY
 CREATED IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT A LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES WORK-
 ING GROUP CONSISTING OF THE:
   (A) COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH;
   (B) COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH;
   (C) COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION;
   (D) SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, WHO SHALL SERVE  EX  OFFICIO
 AND WHO MAY DESIGNATE REPRESENTATIVES TO ACT ON THEIR BEHALF; AND
   (E) SIX ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
   2.  THE GOVERNOR SHALL ALSO APPOINT EIGHT MEMBERS TO THE WORKING GROUP
 ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS AS FOLLOWS:
   (A) THE TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE  SHALL  RECOMMEND  THREE
 MEMBERS;
   (B) THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL RECOMMEND THREE MEMBERS;
   (C) THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE SHALL RECOMMEND ONE MEMBER; AND
   (D) THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL RECOMMEND ONE MEMBER.
   3.  MEMBERS  APPOINTED  TO THE WORKING GROUP SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO, AT LEAST ONE OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING,  EACH  OF  WHOM  MUST

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13892-05-8

 S. 7170--A                          2
 
 HAVE  EXPERIENCE  WORKING  WITH  ISSUES  RELATED  TO LYME AND TICK-BORNE
 DISEASES:
   (A) AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST;
   (B) A GENERAL PRACTITIONER;
   (C) A MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER;
   (D) AN ENTOMOLOGIST;
   (E) AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST;
   (F) A REPRESENTATIVE OF HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS; AND
   (G) A REPRESENTATIVE OF A TICK-BORNE DISEASE ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL SERVE, EX OFFICIO, AS THE CHAIR OF
 THE  WORKING  GROUP,  AND THE GOVERNOR SHALL DESIGNATE THE VICE CHAIR OF
 THE WORKING GROUP. IN APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP,  APPOINT-
 ING  AUTHORITIES  SHALL  ENSURE THAT SUCH MEMBERS, AS A GROUP, REPRESENT
 DIVERSE SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES RELEVANT TO THE DUTIES  OF  THE  WORKING
 GROUP. THE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP, EXCEPT THOSE WHO SERVE EX OFFI-
 CIO,  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED THEIR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN
 THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES UNDER THIS ARTICLE BUT SHALL RECEIVE  NO
 ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
   5.  THE WORKING GROUP, ON CALL OF THE CHAIR, SHALL MEET AT LEAST TWICE
 EACH YEAR AND AT SUCH OTHER TIMES AS MAY BE NECESSARY. THE WORKING GROUP
 MAY ESTABLISH QUORUM REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER RULES AND PROCEDURES REGARD-
 ING CONDUCT OF ITS MEETINGS AND OTHER AFFAIRS.
   6. THE WORKING GROUP SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING POWERS AND  RESPONSIBIL-
 ITIES:
   (A)  REVIEW  CURRENT  BEST  PRACTICES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND
 PREVENTION OF LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES, AS WELL AS  ANY  REPORTS  OR
 RECOMMENDATIONS  FROM  THE  TWENTY-FIRST  CENTURY  WORKGROUP FOR DISEASE
 ELIMINATION AND REDUCTION, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX  OF
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW;
   (B) PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I)  IMPROVEMENTS  TO  THE DELIVERY OF CARE FOR PATIENTS AND SUSPECTED
 PATIENTS OF LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES, PARTICULARLY THOSE FROM ENDEM-
 IC AREAS OF THE STATE;
   (II) COLLABORATIONS AMONG COUNTY  DEPARTMENTS  OF  HEALTH  TO  PROMOTE
 EFFECTIVE  STRATEGIES  TO COMBAT LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES, INCLUDING
 BEST PRACTICES FOR PREVENTION AND REPORTING;
   (III) INTERAGENCY COLLABORATIONS TO STREAMLINE STATE EFFORTS TO COMBAT
 THE SPREAD OF LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES;
   (IV) IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
 MENT, NON-PROFIT ENTITIES, OR PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS ON PROJECTS ADDRESS-
 ING THESE DISEASES;
   (V) DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF LYME AND  TICK-BORNE
 DISEASE,  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS;
 AND
   (VI) ANY OTHER REGULATIONS OR GUIDELINES  CONCERNING  LYME  AND  TICK-
 BORNE DISEASES; AND
   (C)  PREPARE  AND  ISSUE  A REPORT ON THE WORKING GROUP'S FINDINGS AND
 RECOMMENDATIONS BY MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN TO THE GOVERNOR, THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
   7. IF ANY APPOINTMENTS TO THE WORKING GROUP  ARE  NOT  MADE  BY  APRIL
 FIFTEENTH,  TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, THEN THE WORKING GROUP MAY PROCEED TO
 MEET AND FULFILL ITS RESPONSIBILITIES, PURSUANT TO  PARAGRAPHS  TWO  AND
 THREE OF THIS SECTION, WITHOUT SUCH APPOINTEES.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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Senate Bill S7170A

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

Jun 4, 2018 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 4, 2018

May 8, 2018 - Finance Committee Vote

Finance Committee Vote: May 8, 2018

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2017-S7170 - Details

2017-S7170 - Summary

2017-S7170 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7170 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2017-S7170A (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S7170A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S7170A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7170A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

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Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2017-S7170 - Details

2017-S7170 - Summary

2017-S7170 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7170 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2017-S7170A (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S7170A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S7170A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7170A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments