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                                   4640
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WRIGHT,  BARRON,  MOSLEY, EPSTEIN, WILLIAMS,
   ARROYO, HYNDMAN, CRESPO, LAVINE, L. ROSENTHAL, BLAKE -- read once  and
   referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in  relation  to creating
   NYCHA-based health centers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 411 to read as follows:
   § 411. NYCHA-BASED HEALTH CENTERS.  1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  ESTABLISH
 HEALTH CENTERS ON CAMPUSES FOR RESIDENTS LIVING ON SUCH CAMPUSES.
   2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "CAMPUS" SHALL REFER TO AN INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT OWNED BY THE NEW
 YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY;
   (B)  "HEALTH CENTER" SHALL MEAN AN AREA LOCATED WITHIN A CAMPUS DESIG-
 NATED BY THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF  PROVID-
 ING BASIC HEALTH SERVICES, SUCH AREA SHALL BE LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR
 IN A DESIGNATED COMMUNITY SPACE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL; AND
   (C)  "BASIC  HEALTH SERVICES" SHALL MEAN PRIMARY CARE AND PREVENTATIVE
 HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING PRENATAL CARE; SCREENINGS FOR  VISION,  HEAR-
 ING,  ASTHMA, TUBERCULOSIS AND OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS AS DETERMINED BY
 THE COMMISSIONER; MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT  FOR  ILLNESSES,  INCLUDING
 THE  PRESCRIBING  OF MEDICATION; AND SPECIALTY CARE AND TESTING FOR LEAD
 POISONING  AND  MOLD  EXPOSURE,  AND  SPECIFICALLY  RESPIRATORY  RELATED
 ILLNESSES.
   3.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH
 SUCH HEALTH CENTERS.  SUCH RESOURCES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED
 TO,  MATERIALS  USED  TO  PERFORM SCREENINGS AND DIAGNOSTIC BLOOD TESTS,
 MATERIALS USED TO MAINTAIN  A  SAFE  AND  SANITARY  HEALTH  CENTER,  AND
 PERSONNEL  TO  PROVIDE  PRIMARY  HEALTH  CARE SERVICES AND ASSIST IN THE
 ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH HEALTH CENTERS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD00628-01-9

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   4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH AT LEAST  ONE  HEALTH  CENTER  AT  A
 CAMPUS WITHIN EACH BOROUGH IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. THE LOCATION OF SUCH
 HEALTH  CENTERS  SHALL BE BASED ON THE NEED AND REPORTED HEALTH DISPARI-
 TIES WITHIN EACH BOROUGH.
   5. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALLOCATE SUCH RESOURCES IN A MANNER DETERMINED
 BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
   6.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  EVALUATE  THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH HEALTH
 CENTERS AND PREPARE A REPORT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH HEALTH  CENTERS,
 THE  MANNER  IN WHICH EACH HEALTH CENTER'S RESOURCES WERE ALLOCATED, THE
 NUMBER OF PRIMARY CARE VISITS, THE NUMBER OF PERSONS TESTED FOR LEAD AND
 RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES, THE FREQUENCY OF SUCH TESTING AND THE  NUMBER  OF
 PERSONS  TESTING POSITIVELY FOR LEAD POISONING AND/OR MOLD EXPOSURE, AND
 THE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH  SUCH  INDIVIDUALS.
 SUCH  PERFORMANCE  REPORT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPO-
 RARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY BY DECEMBER
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that such health
 centers, as added by section one of this act, shall  be  established  by
 the  department  of  health  no later than the one hundred eightieth day
 after it shall have become a law.