Bill Text: NY A00509 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 509

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires a study by the department of health to determine the effects that exposure to long range acoustic devices have on an individual's hearing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to ways and means [A00509 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00509-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           509

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- 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    § 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    §  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     8  have become a law, and shall expire and  be  deemed  repealed  one  year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.
                                                                   LBD00741-01-3