Bill Text: NY S03682 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3682 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the county health commissioner to notify certain individuals in the event of an emergency creating an imminent risk to public health and safety.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S03682 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03682-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3682
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 12, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  notifying  local
          officials of the occurrence of certain emergency situations
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 352 of the public health law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7. Upon the occurrence of an emergency where an  imminent  imperilment
     4  to the public health and safety exists, in addition to those individuals
     5  he  or she would have otherwise notified, the county health commissioner
     6  shall immediately notify the following individuals of the  existence  of
     7  such emergency:
     8    (a)  the  chief executive officer of each municipality affected by the
     9  emergency;
    10    (b) each member of the legislative body of the  county  in  which  the
    11  emergency exists who represents the area affected by the emergency; and
    12    (c)  where  the  emergency  affects  another county, the county health
    13  commissioner of the affected county or counties.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04363-01-9