Bill Text: NY A07392 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Includes hexavalent chromium in the list for emerging contaminants.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to health [A07392 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A07392-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7392 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE -- 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. LBD06822-01-9