Bill Text: NY A00707 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires every hospital engaging in the construction of, addition to or remodeling of a building to submit to the commissioner of health the plans and specifications of such building relating to heating, ventilation and air conditioning, air intake, pest prevention, radon levels, lighting, sanitation and drainage; also requires such hospitals to consider the siting of such building in relation to toxic sites.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to health [A00707 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00707-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          707
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of  A.  CLARK,  CYMBROWITZ,  PERRY  --  read  once and referred to the
         Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law and the environmental conservation
         law, in relation to plans and specifications for hospitals
         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) PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE-E OF  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED
    4  TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  ANNUALLY  PROVIDE  ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION TO
    5  HOSPITALS, REGARDING  EXISTING  AND  KNOWN  LOCATIONS  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL
    6  HAZARDS  SUCH  AS  RADON,  LEAD AND OTHER TOXIC CONTAMINANTS. WHENEVER A
    7  HOSPITAL REQUESTS SUCH INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT SUCH  INFORMATION
    8  SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RECEIPT OF SUCH REQUEST;
    9    S  2.  Section  2802 of the public health law is amended by adding two
   10  new subdivisions 3-d and 3-e to read as follows:
   11    3-D. THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  NOT  APPROVE  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  THE
   12  CONSTRUCTION OF A HOSPITAL UNLESS SUCH APPLICATION SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE
   13  FOLLOWING  WHERE  APPLICABLE:  HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING
   14  SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTED, MAINTAINED OR UPGRADED TO MEET  CURRENTLY  ACCEPTED
   15  INDUSTRY  VENTILATION  STANDARDS; PLACEMENT OF AIR INTAKE VENTS SO AS TO
   16  MAXIMIZE HEALTHFUL INDOOR AIR QUALITY; DESIGN  PRACTICES  THAT  MINIMIZE
   17  INGRESS  OF  AND  CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO PEST POPULATIONS; CONSTRUCTION
   18  TECHNIQUES AND VENTILATION SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO CONTROL RADON  LEVELS  IN
   19  INDOOR  AIR;  AND LIGHTING, SANITATION, STORM DRAINAGE, AND HEALTH, FIRE
   20  AND  ACCIDENT  PROTECTION  ADEQUATE  TO  MAINTAIN  HEALTHFUL,  SAFE  AND
   21  COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS THEREIN.
   22    3-E. EVERY APPLICATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOSPITAL SHALL DEMON-
   23  STRATE  THAT THE APPLICANT HAS IN ITS SELECTION OF THE SITE OR SITES FOR
   24  THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH HOSPITAL TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE PROXIMITY
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05826-01-5
       A. 707                              2
    1  OF SUCH SITE OR SITES  TO  EXISTING  AND  KNOWN  ENVIRONMENTAL  HAZARDS,
    2  INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, COMBUSTION FACILITIES, INACTIVE HAZARD-
    3  OUS  WASTE SITES, MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AS
    4  DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSER-
    5  VATION, AND AVOIDANCE OF SUCH WHERE PRUDENT.
    6    S  3.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
    7  section 3-0321 to read as follows:
    8  S 3-0321. INFORMATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS.
    9    PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE-E OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED TWO OF
   10  THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ANNUALLY PROVIDE ALL  NECES-
   11  SARY  INFORMATION  TO  THE  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, REGARDING EXISTING AND
   12  KNOWN LOCATIONS OF INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, COMBUSTION  FACILITIES,  INAC-
   13  TIVE  HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES, MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL
   14  HAZARDS. WHENEVER A HOSPITAL REQUESTS SUCH INFORMATION FROM THE  DEPART-
   15  MENT,  SUCH  INFORMATION SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RECEIPT
   16  OF SUCH REQUEST.
   17    S 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   18  it shall have become a law; provided  that  any  rules  and  regulations
   19  necessary  to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date
   20  are authorized and directed to be promulgated on or before such date.