Bill Text: NY S06771 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioners of health and education to jointly compile and provide information on the H1N1 influenza virus through the department of health.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-04 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S06771 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S06771-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6771
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 4, 2010
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  HANNON,  ALESI,  BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO, FUSCHILLO,
         GOLDEN, GRIFFO, HUNTLEY, O. JOHNSON, LANZA, LARKIN, LAVALLE,  MAZIARZ,
         MONSERRATE,  MORAHAN,  PADAVAN, RANZENHOFER, SALAND, SEWARD, VOLKER --
         read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
         the Committee on Health
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law and   the education law, in
         relation to information on the H1N1 influenza virus
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 27 to read as follows:
    3    27. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE COMMIS-
    4  SIONER OF EDUCATION, SHALL COMPILE AND PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC, IN WRITTEN
    5  FORM AND ON THE DEPARTMENT INTERNET WEBSITE, ALL THE MOST CURRENT INFOR-
    6  MATION  ON  THE H1N1 INFLUENZA VIRUS, INCLUDING THE SPREAD OF SUCH VIRUS
    7  WITHIN THE STATE AND THE PREVENTION OF THE CONTRACTING OF THE VIRUS.
    8    S 2. Section 305 of the education law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    9  subdivision 42 to read as follows:
   10    42.  HE  OR  SHE  SHALL CONSULT AND COOPERATE WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
   11  HEALTH, TO COMPILE AND PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC, IN WRITTEN FORM AND ON THE
   12  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INTERNET WEBSITE, ALL THE MOST CURRENT  INFORMATION
   13  ON  THE  H1N1 INFLUENZA VIRUS, INCLUDING THE SPREAD OF SUCH VIRUS WITHIN
   14  THE STATE AND THE PREVENTION OF THE  CONTRACTING  OF  THE  VIRUS.    ALL
   15  INFORMATION  RELATING  TO  THE  H1N1  INFLUENZA  VIRUS MAINTAINED ON THE
   16  DEPARTMENT INTERNET WEBSITE SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
   17  HEALTH  FOR  INCLUSION  ON  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S INTERNET WEBSITE.
   18  FURTHERMORE THE DEPARTMENT INTERNET WEBSITE SHALL INCLUDE A LINK TO  THE
   19  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH'S INTERNET WEBSITE RELATING TO THE H1N1 INFLUENZA
   20  VIRUS.
   21    S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   22  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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