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                                   7271
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to lyme  disease  and
   tick-borne infection awareness and prevention
 
   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
 1392-b to read as follows:
   §   1392-B.  LYME  DISEASE  AND  TICK-BORNE  INFECTION  AWARENESS  AND
 PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN'S OVERNIGHT, SUMMER  DAY  AND  TRAVELING
 SUMMER  DAY CAMPS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, SHALL DEVELOP INSTRUCTIONAL  TOOLS
 AND MATERIALS FOR CHILDREN'S OVERNIGHT CAMPS, SUMMER DAY CAMPS AND TRAV-
 ELING  SUMMER  DAY  CAMPS  REGARDING  PREVENTION  AND  AWARENESS OF LYME
 DISEASE AND OTHER TICK-BORNE INFECTIONS.  RESOURCES AND MATERIALS  SHALL
 BE  AGE-APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN ATTENDING SUCH CAMPS AND PROVIDE INFOR-
 MATION ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF TICKS, RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES  FOR  SAFE
 TICK  REMOVAL  AND BEST PRACTICES TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TICKS. SUCH
 MATERIALS  MAY  INCLUDE  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO  VIDEO   PRODUCTIONS,
 PAMPHLETS, AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS TO ILLUSTRATE THE VARIOUS SIZES OF
 TICKS  BEFORE AND AFTER ENGORGEMENT TO ASSIST WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF
 A TICK AND THE REACTION ON THE SKIN THAT MAY OCCUR AS A RESULT OF A TICK
 BITE. MATERIALS AND INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION
 AND AWARENESS ON TICK IDENTIFICATION AND PROTECTION SHALL BE MADE AVAIL-
 ABLE TO CHILDREN'S OVERNIGHT  CAMPS,  SUMMER  DAY  CAMPS  AND  TRAVELING
 SUMMER  DAY CAMPS UPON REQUEST AT NO CHARGE. SUCH MATERIALS AND INSTRUC-
 TIONAL TOOLS MAY ALSO BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  TO  CHILDREN'S  NON-REGULATED
 CAMPS,  PURSUANT  TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT-F OF THE GENERAL
 BUSINESS LAW.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE, AND REVIEW AS  NECESSARY,  RULES
 AND  REGULATIONS  RELATED  TO  CHILDREN  ATTENDING  CHILDREN'S OVERNIGHT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD07986-01-1

 A. 7271                             2
 
 CAMPS, SUMMER DAY CAMPS, AND TRAVELING SUMMER DAY CAMPS WHO HAVE A  TICK
 REMOVED  FROM  THEM WHILE AT SUCH A CAMP. SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A)  TICK  REMOVAL  GUIDELINES  FOR EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS OF SUCH A
 CAMP, AGED EIGHTEEN YEARS OR OLDER, TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF HEALTH;
   (B)  PROCEDURES FOR WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO A PARENT OR GUARDIAN AFTER
 A TICK HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM A CHILD  ATTENDING  SUCH  A  CAMP.  WRITTEN
 NOTIFICATION  SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE LIMITED TO, THE INCLUSION OF
 INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER ABOUT  THE  SPREAD
 OF  LYME  DISEASE AND OTHER TICK-BORNE INFECTIONS, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF
 LYME OR TICK-BORNE INFECTIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW AND  WHEN  TO
 SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT IF NEEDED; AND
   (C)  THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  INFORMATIONAL  MATERIALS FOR SUCH CAMPS AND
 PARENTS TO BE PROVIDED ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH  WEBSITE.  THE  RULES
 AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED
 TO  BE  THE  MINIMUM STANDARDS THAT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH BY EVERY CHIL-
 DREN'S OVERNIGHT CAMP, SUMMER DAY CAMP, AND TRAVELING  SUMMER  DAY  CAMP
 RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF TICKS ON CHILDREN. SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS
 MAY  ALSO  BE IMPLEMENTED BY CHILDREN'S NON-REGULATED CAMPS, PURSUANT TO
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT-F OF THE  GENERAL  BUSINESS  LAW,  IF
 THEY SO AUTHORIZE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.