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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 18, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL,  TITONE,  MARKEY -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT requiring a study to determine the effects that exposure to  long
         range  acoustic devices have on an individual's hearing; and providing
         for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  department of health shall engage in a study of long
    2  range acoustic devices (LRADs) and the effect of  exposure  on  individ-
    3  uals, including the effect on short and long term hearing.
    4    S 2. Not later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
    5  department of health shall prepare a report setting forth and evaluating
    6  the findings of the study.
    7    S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    8  have become a law, and shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed  one  year
    9  after such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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