STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1584

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. JEAN-PIERRE, THIELE, FERNANDEZ, CRUZ, SAYEGH,
          GLICK,  MIKULIN,  SIMON,  DICKENS,  GOTTFRIED,   SEAWRIGHT,   DARLING,
          J. RIVERA,  GRIFFIN,  HYNDMAN,  NIOU -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          COOK, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including  hexava-
          lent chromium in the list of emerging contaminants

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 1112 of the  public
     2  health law, as added by section 1 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of
     3  2017, is amended to read as follows:
     4    c.  The commissioner shall, at a minimum, include the following chemi-
     5  cals identified as emerging contaminants: 1,4-dioxane; hexavalent  chro-
     6  mium  (chromium-6);  perfluorooctanesulfonic acid; and perfluorooctanoic
     7  acid.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04875-01-1