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SECTION 2998-F
Reporting of the health risk factors of excessive alcohol consumption
Public Health (PBH) CHAPTER 45, ARTICLE 29-D, TITLE 2
§ 2998-f. Reporting of the health risk factors of excessive alcohol
consumption. The department, in collaboration with the office of
addiction services and supports and health care providers, shall collect
data on and report the health risk factor of excessive alcohol
consumption and alcohol poisoning, including the risk factors of heavy
and binge drinking. The report shall be submitted annually, on or before
November first, to the governor, the temporary president of senate, the
speaker of the assembly and the chairpersons of the assembly and senate
health committees. The report shall include, at a minimum, the following
information on a county basis:

(a) information on excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol poisoning
deaths, including age, gender, ethnicity, and geographic location;

(b) data on emergency room utilization for the treatment of alcohol
poisoning; and

(c) any other information necessary to ascertain areas of the state
which are experiencing particularly high rates of excessive alcohol
consumption and alcohol poisoning, ways to determine if services,
resources, and responses in particular areas of the state area having a
positive impact on reducing excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol
poisoning. Such reporting may be through a web-based dashboard.