Bill Text: NY A05550 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the safe cosmetics act of 2009

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to health [A05550 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05550-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5550
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 13, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. TITUS, PHEFFER, WEISENBERG, FIELDS, DelMONTE,
         ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, GALEF -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the  safe
         cosmetics act of 2009
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  article
    2  22-A to read as follows:
    3                                ARTICLE 22-A
    4                         SAFE COSMETICS ACT OF 2009
    5  SECTION 2250. DEFINITIONS.
    6          2251. LISTING OF PRODUCTS.
    7          2252. INVESTIGATION.
    8          2253. REFERRAL OF RESULTS.
    9    S  2250.  DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED  OR  REFERRED  TO IN THIS ARTICLE THE
   10  FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   11    1. "AUTHORITATIVE BODY" MEANS ANY AGENCY, DIVISION, BODY  OR  FORMALLY
   12  ORGANIZED PROGRAM OR GROUP RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS BEING AUTHOR-
   13  ITATIVE  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING CHEMICALS THAT MAY CAUSE CANCER
   14  OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY.
   15    2. "CHEMICAL IDENTIFIED AS CAUSING CANCER  OR  REPRODUCTIVE  TOXICITY"
   16  MEANS  A  CHEMICAL  IDENTIFIED  BY  AN  AUTHORITATIVE BODY AS ANY OF THE
   17  FOLLOWING:
   18    (A) A SUBSTANCE LISTED AS KNOWN OR  REASONABLY  ANTICIPATED  TO  BE  A
   19  HUMAN CARCINOGEN IN A NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY REPORT ON CARCINOGENS;
   20    (B) A SUBSTANCE GIVEN ON OVERALL CARCINOGENCITY EVALUATION OF GROUP 1,
   21  GROUP 2A OR GROUP 2B BY THE INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER;
   22    (C) A SUBSTANCE IDENTIFIED AS A GROUP A, GROUP B1 OR GROUP B2 CARCINO-
   23  GEN,  OR  AS  A KNOWN OR LIKELY CARCINOGEN BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRON-
   24  MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; OR
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    (D) A SUBSTANCE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING SOME CLEAR  EVIDENCE  OF  ADVERSE
    2  DEVELOPMENTAL, MALE REPRODUCTIVE OR FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY EFFECTS
    3  IN  A  REPORT  BY  AN  EXPERT PANEL OF THE NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM'S
    4  CENTER FOR THE EVALUATION OF RISKS TO HUMAN REPRODUCTION.
    5    3. "INGREDIENT" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN
    6  SUBDIVISION  (E)  OF 21 C.F.R. 700.3 AND DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY INCIDENTAL
    7  INGREDIENT AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION (1) OF 21 C.F.R. 701.3.
    8    4. "MANUFACTURER" MEANS ANY PERSON WHOSE NAME APPEARS ON THE LABEL  OF
    9  A COSMETIC PRODUCT PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF 21 C.F.R. 701.12.
   10    S 2251. LISTING OF PRODUCTS. 1. COMMENCING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
   11  TEN,  THE  MANUFACTURER OF ANY COSMETIC PRODUCT SUBJECT TO REGULATION BY
   12  THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION THAT  IS  SOLD  IN  THIS  STATE
   13  SHALL, ON A SCHEDULE AND IN ELECTRONIC OR OTHER FORMAT, AS DETERMINED BY
   14  THE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT WITH A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE LIST
   15  OF ITS COSMETIC PRODUCTS THAT, AS OF THE DATE OF SUBMISSION, ARE SOLD IN
   16  THE  STATE AND THAT CONTAIN ANY INGREDIENT THAT IS A CHEMICAL IDENTIFIED
   17  AS CAUSING CANCER OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY, INCLUDING ANY CHEMICAL  THAT
   18  MEETS EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   19    (A)  A  CHEMICAL CONTAINED IN THE PRODUCT FOR PURPOSES OF FRAGRANCE OR
   20  FLAVORING; OR
   21    (B) A CHEMICAL IDENTIFIED BY THE PHRASE "AND  OTHER  INGREDIENTS"  AND
   22  DETERMINED TO BE A TRADE SECRET PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURE ESTABLISHED IN
   23  PART  20 AND 21 C.F.R. 720.8. ANY INGREDIENT IDENTIFIED PURSUANT TO THIS
   24  PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO BE A TRADE SECRET AND SHALL BE  TREATED
   25  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF PART
   26  20 AND PART 720 OF 21 C.F.R.
   27    2. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
   28  SECTION  SHALL IDENTIFY EACH CHEMICAL BOTH BY NAME AND CHEMICAL ABSTRACT
   29  SERVICE NUMBER AND SHALL SPECIFY THE PRODUCT OR PRODUCTS  IN  WHICH  THE
   30  CHEMICAL IS CONTAINED.
   31    3.  IF ANY INGREDIENT IDENTIFIED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SUBSEQUENTLY
   32  IS REMOVED FROM THE PRODUCT IN WHICH IT WAS  CONTAINED,  OR  IS  REMOVED
   33  FROM THE LIST OF CHEMICALS KNOWN TO CAUSE CANCER OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICI-
   34  TY, OR IS NO LONGER A CHEMICAL IDENTIFIED AS CAUSING CANCER OR REPRODUC-
   35  TIVE  TOXICITY BY AN AUTHORITATIVE BODY, THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PRODUCT
   36  CONTAINING THE INGREDIENT  SHALL  SUBMIT  THE  NEW  INFORMATION  TO  THE
   37  DEPARTMENT. UPON RECEIPT OF NEW INFORMATION, THE DEPARTMENT, AFTER VERI-
   38  FYING  THE ACCURACY OF THAT INFORMATION, SHALL REVISE THE MANUFACTURER'S
   39  INFORMATION ON RECORD WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO REFLECT  THE  NEW  INFORMA-
   40  TION.  THE  MANUFACTURER  SHALL NOT BE UNDER OBLIGATION TO SUBMIT SUBSE-
   41  QUENT INFORMATION ON THE PRESENCE  OF  THE  INGREDIENT  IN  THE  PRODUCT
   42  UNLESS SUBSEQUENT CHANGES REQUIRE SUBMITTAL OF THE INFORMATION.
   43    4.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO  ANY MANUFACTURER OF COSMETIC
   44  PRODUCTS WITH ANNUAL AGGREGATE SALES OF COSMETIC PRODUCTS,  BOTH  WITHIN
   45  AND OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, OF LESS THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS, BASED ON THE
   46  MANUFACTURER'S MOST RECENT TAX YEAR.
   47    S  2252.  INVESTIGATION.  1.  IN  ORDER  TO DETERMINE POTENTIAL HEALTH
   48  EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO  INGREDIENTS  IN  COSMETICS  IN  THE  STATE,  THE
   49  DEPARTMENT MAY CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION OF ONE OR MORE COSMETIC PRODUCTS
   50  THAT  CONTAIN  CHEMICALS  IDENTIFIED  AS  CAUSING CANCER OR REPRODUCTIVE
   51  TOXICITY OR OTHER INGREDIENTS OF CONCERN TO THE DEPARTMENT.
   52    2. AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
   53  SECTION MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A REVIEW OF AVAILABLE HEALTH
   54  EFFECTS, DATA AND STUDIES, WORKSITE HEALTH HAZARD EVALUATIONS, EPIDEMIO-
   55  LOGICAL  STUDIES  TO DETERMINE THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF EXPOSURES TO CHEMI-
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    1  CALS IN VARIOUS SUBPOPULATIONS, AND EXPOSURE  ASSESSMENTS  TO  DETERMINE
    2  TOTAL EXPOSURES TO INDIVIDUALS IN VARIOUS SETTINGS.
    3    3.  IF  AN  INVESTIGATION  IS CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
    4  THIS SECTION, THE MANUFACTURER OF ANY PRODUCT SUBJECT  TO  THE  INVESTI-
    5  GATION  MAY  SUBMIT  RELEVANT  HEALTH  EFFECTS  DATA  AND STUDIES TO THE
    6  DEPARTMENT.
    7    4. IN ORDER TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF AN INVESTIGATION,  THE  DEPART-
    8  MENT  MAY REQUIRE MANUFACTURERS OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO THE INVESTIGATION
    9  TO SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT RELEVANT HEALTH  EFFECTS  DATA  AND  STUDIES
   10  AVAILABLE  TO  THE  MANUFACTURER  AND  OTHER  AVAILABLE  INFORMATION  AS
   11  REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE  CONCEN-
   12  TRATION  OF  THE CHEMICAL IN THE PRODUCT, THE AMOUNT BY VOLUME OR WEIGHT
   13  OF THE PRODUCT THAT COMPRISES THE AVERAGE DAILY APPLICATION OR USE,  AND
   14  SALES  AND  USE DATA NECESSARY TO DETERMINE WHERE THE PRODUCT IS USED IN
   15  THE OCCUPATIONAL SETTING.
   16    5. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH REASONABLE DEADLINES FOR THE SUBMIT-
   17  TAL OF  INFORMATION  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS
   18  SECTION.  FAILURE BY A MANUFACTURER TO SUBMIT THE INFORMATION IN COMPLI-
   19  ANCE  WITH  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  CONSTITUTE  A
   20  VIOLATION OF THIS ARTICLE.
   21    S 2253. REFERRAL OF RESULTS. 1. IF THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES  PURSUANT
   22  TO  AN  INVESTIGATION THAT AN INGREDIENT IN A COSMETIC PRODUCT IS POTEN-
   23  TIALLY TOXIC AT THE CONCENTRATION PRESENT IN THE PRODUCT  OR  UNDER  THE
   24  CONDITIONS  USED,  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IMMEDIATELY REFER THE RESULTS OF
   25  ITS INVESTIGATION TO THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH HAZARD ABATEMENT
   26  BOARD.
   27    2. WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER IT RECEIVES THE RESULTS OF  AN
   28  INVESTIGATION  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE OCCUPA-
   29  TIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH HAZARD ABATEMENT BOARD SHALL DEVELOP AND  PRES-
   30  ENT ONE OR MORE PROPOSED OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH STANDARDS TO THE DEPARTMENT
   31  OF  LABOR,  UNLESS  THE  OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH HAZARD ABATEMENT
   32  BOARD AFFIRMATIVELY DETERMINES, IN A WRITTEN FINDING WITHIN NINETY DAYS,
   33  THAT A STANDARD IS NOT NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF AN EMPLOYEE OR
   34  HAS REGULAR EXPOSURE TO THE HAZARD FOR THE PERIOD OF HIS OR HER  WORKING
   35  LIFE. THE WRITTEN FINDING SHALL IDENTIFY THE REASONS FOR DETERMINING THE
   36  STANDARD IS NOT NECESSARY AND THE FACTUAL BASIS FOR THE FINDING.
   37    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   38  it shall have become a law.
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