Bill Text: NY A00740 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the installation of portable air filters in schools located in cities with a population of one million or more.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to health [A00740 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A00740-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           740

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. D. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
          installation of portable air purifiers in certain schools

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 10
     2  to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 10
     4                       AIR PURIFIERS; CERTAIN SCHOOLS
     5  Section 1000. Definitions.
     6          1001. Air purifiers; certain schools.
     7    § 1000. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms
     8  shall have the following meanings:
     9    a. "High-efficiency particulate air filter" or "HEPA"  shall  mean  an
    10  air filter that uses a filter to remove particles from the air.
    11    b.  "Ultraviolet  germicidal  irradiation  filter" or "UVGI" is an air
    12  filter that uses a disinfection method that uses ultraviolet (UV)  light
    13  at sufficiently short wavelength to kill microorganisms.
    14    c.  "Disinfection  filtration  system"  or "DFS" is an air filter that
    15  applies a high energy field within a sealed filter compartment to  inac-
    16  tivate microorganisms, thereby killing them permanently.
    17    §  1001.  Air purifiers; certain schools. 1. Notwithstanding any other
    18  provision of law, the commissioner, in cooperation with the commissioner
    19  of education, shall have installed in every public school located within
    20  a city with a population of one million or  more,  portable  HEPA,  UVGI
    21  and/or  DFS filters demonstrating capability to kill or inactivate germs
    22  such as mold.  Such installation shall be made in such a manner and with
    23  a sufficient number of such filters that are rated to  remove  at  least
    24  99.95% of all particles greater than 0.3 micrometer from the air.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05103-01-1
        A. 740                              2

     1    2. The filters required to be installed pursuant to subdivision one of
     2  this section shall be installed within one hundred eighty days after the
     3  effective date of this section and shall be installed in a manner where-
     4  by  such filters can be easily moved or transferred from one location to
     5  another.
     6    3.  The  commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of educa-
     7  tion, is authorized to promulgate rules and  regulations  necessary  for
     8  the implementation of this article.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.