NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7651

Senate Bill S7651

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of labor to develop instructional tools and materials for industries at high-risk for occupational tick exposures

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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Apr 25, 2025	referred to labor

2025-S7651 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8031
Current Committee:: Senate Labor
Law Section:: Labor Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §21, Lab L

2025-S7651 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of labor, in consultation with the commissioner of health and the commissioner of environmental conservation, to develop instructional tools and materials for industries at high-risk for occupational tick exposures; requires such materials to provide information on the identification of ticks and tick removal, and protection from tick bites; requires such materials to be available to high-risk employers and employees at no charge.

2025-S7651 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7651

SPONSOR: COONEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring the commissioner
of labor to develop instructional tools and materials for industries at
high-risk for occupational tick exposures

 
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:

To develop instructional tools and materials for industries at high-risk
for occupational tick exposures to provide information on the identifi-
cation of ticks, best practices to provide protections from ticks and
recommended procedures for safe tick removal.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Adds a new subdivision 17 to Section 21 of the Labor Law to
develop instructional tools and materials for industries at high-risk
for occupational tick exposures.

§ 2: Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the most recent reporting by the Center for Disease Control
(CDC), New York State has the highest number of confirmed cases of Lyme
Disease in the entire country. It is all too common for families to be
affected, or know someone who has been affected by Lyme, many of whom
never fully recover. While there is great debate throughout the medical
community regarding how best to treat Lyme, it is commonly accepted that
early education and prevention are key to controlling the spread of the
disease.

Certain occupations have a higher risk of exposure to ticks. This bill
would require the Commissioner of the Department of Labor, in consulta-
tion with the Commissioner of the Department of Health and the Commis-
sioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, to develop
instructional tools and materials for industries at high-risk for occu-
pational tick exposures. These materials will provide information on the
identification of ticks, best practices to provide protection from ticks
and recommended procedures for safe tick removal and be provided to
high-risk employers and employees upon request at no charge.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S7651 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7651
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
 AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring the commissioner
   of labor to develop instructional tools and materials  for  industries
   at high-risk for occupational tick exposures

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 21 of the labor law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 17 to read as follows:
   17.  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH
 AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  SHALL  DEVELOP
 INSTRUCTIONAL  TOOLS AND MATERIALS FOR INDUSTRIES AT HIGH-RISK FOR OCCU-
 PATIONAL TICK EXPOSURES INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  AGRICULTURE,
 LANDSCAPING,  AND  FORESTRY,  TO  ASSIST  IN THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS
 PROGRAM TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES FROM LYME DISEASE AND TICK-BORNE INFECTIONS
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTEEN-B OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
 LAW, AND FOR FIRST RESPONDERS,  ROAD  CREWS,  AND  UTILITY  CREWS.  SUCH
 INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE IDEN-
 TIFICATION OF TICKS, BEST PRACTICES TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TICKS AND
 RECOMMENDED  PROCEDURES  FOR SAFE TICK REMOVAL. SUCH INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
 AND  MATERIALS  MAY  INCLUDE,  BUT  NEED  NOT  BE  LIMITED   TO,   VIDEO
 PRODUCTIONS,  PAMPHLETS,  AND  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAMS TO ILLUSTRATE THE
 VARIOUS SIZES OF TICKS BEFORE AND AFTER THEY  HAVE  ENGORGED  TO  ASSIST
 WITH  THE  IDENTIFICATION  OF  TICKS AND THE REACTION ON THE SKIN, FOR A
 VARIETY OF SKIN TONES, THAT MAY OCCUR AS A RESULT OF A  TICK  BITE,  AND
 PROTECTION  AGAINST  TICK  BITES. SUCH INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS
 SHALL BE MADE  AVAILABLE  TO  HIGH-RISK  EMPLOYERS  AND  EMPLOYEES  UPON
 REQUEST AT NO CHARGE AND SHALL BE REVIEWED AND UPDATED ANNUALLY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11580-03-5

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