Bill Text: NY A02960 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to health [A02960 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02960-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2960
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  L. ROSENTHAL,  DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED, GALEF --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GLICK, ORTIZ, PAULIN -- read once
          and referred to the Committee 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.
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