Assembly Bill A6497

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on asthma in the 5th congressional district

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A6497 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5381
Law Section:
Health
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8498
2021-2022: S5548
2023-2024: S2538

2019-A6497 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the high incidence of asthma in the 5th congressional district and to prepare a remedial plan.

2019-A6497 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6497
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 8, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to direct the New York state department of health  to  conduct  a
   study  on  the  high  incidence  of  asthma in the fifth congressional
   district in the city of New York and to prepare a remedial plan

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The commissioner of the New York state department of health
 is hereby authorized and directed to prepare or have prepared a study of
 and  a  remedial  plan  for  the  high  incidence of asthma in the fifth
 congressional district in the city of New York. Such study shall include
 an analysis of high risk neighborhoods examining disparities in: income,
 race and ethnicity, public  and  private  housing,  proximity  to  major
 sources  of  air  pollution,  and  an evaluation of the effectiveness of
 existing medical facilities.
   § 2. Such study and remedial plan shall  be  completed  within  twelve
 months of the effective date of this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law and the results of such study and the remedi-
 al  plan  shall be provided to the governor and the legislature no later
 than eighteen months from the beginning of such study.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06243-01-9

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