Bill Text: NY A04838 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for authority of the department of health to engage in or support research on the health effects of artificial night light.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to health [A04838 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A04838-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4838 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to research relating to the health effects of artificial night light The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 201 of the public health law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows: 3 (t) engage in and/or support research into the health effects of arti- 4 ficial night light including but not limited to research on indicators 5 that exposure to light at night may be associated with the increased 6 risk of developing breast cancer by suppressing the normal nocturnal 7 production of melatonin by the pineal gland, within funds made available 8 for such purposes including research funds from non-state, public and 9 private sources; 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01320-01-3
