NY State Senate Bill 2021-S7331

Senate Bill S7331

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the incidences of cancer clusters in cities and towns having a population of more than ninety thousand

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to health
Aug 16, 2021	referred to rules

2021-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9931
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S4193, A4219

2021-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the incidences of cancer clusters in cities and towns having a population of more than ninety thousand.

2021-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7331

SPONSOR: SANDERS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to direct the New York state department of health to conduct a
study on the incidences of cancer clusters in cities and towns having a
population of more than ninety thousand

 
PURPOSE:

To require the New York State Department of Health to conduct a study on
the incidences of cancer clusters in cities and towns having a popu-
lation over 90,000 people. The study should be completed by September
30, 2023.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

§ 1. The commissioner of the New York State Department of Health shall
prepare a study of the incidences of cancer clusters in all cities and
towns having a population of more than 90,000. The study shall include a

map of each city and town indicating incidents of asthma. Such study
shall include an analysis of high risk neighborhoods examining dispari-
ties in: income, race and ethnicity, public and private housing, proxim-
ity to major sources of air pollution and an evaluation of the effec-
tiveness of existing medical facilities in each city.

§ 2. The study shall be completed by September 30, 2023.

§ 3 Once the study is completed, the study shall be placed on the
department's website by January 1, 2024.

§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 
EXISTING LAW:

The commissioner is not currently directed to prepare such a study.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) defines a cancer cluster "as
a greater-than-expected number of cancer cases that occurs within a
group of people in a geographic area over a period of time."
https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/clusters/default.htm

After heart disease, cancer is the leading cause of death in the United
States, according to the CDC.  https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-
causes-of-death.htm

This bill will require the Department of Health to research the depth of
the cancer crisis in New York's cities and towns and pinpoint the areas
of cancer clusters.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

No substantial cost to state

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7331
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              August 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to direct the New York state department of health  to  conduct  a
   study  on the incidences of cancer clusters in cities and towns having
   a population of more than ninety thousand

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  1.  The  commissioner of the New York state department of
 health is hereby authorized and directed to prepare or have  prepared  a
 study  of  the  incidences  of  cancer  clusters in all cities and towns
 having a population of more than ninety thousand inhabitants  as  deter-
 mined  by the last federal decennial census. 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, proximity to major sources of carcinogens, and
 an evaluation of the effectiveness of  existing  medical  facilities  in
 each  city.   The study shall include recommendations for evidence-based
 interventions to address the high burden of cancer clusters in each city
 and town included in the study.
   2. For the purposes of this act, "cancer cluster" shall mean a  great-
 er-than-expected  number  of  cancer cases that occurs within a group of
 people in a geographic area over a period of time.
   § 2. The study shall be completed and  posted  on  the  department  of
 health's website by September thirtieth, two thousand twenty-three.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13052-01-1

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