Bill Text: NY A06167 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6167 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires local health departments notify volunteer fire companies upon detecting radiation.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-13 - held for consideration in health [A06167 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06167-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6167
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 28, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DeSTEFANO  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  requiring  local
          health  departments  to notify volunteer fire companies upon detecting
          radiation
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Article 13 of the public health law is amended by adding a
     2  new title 12-B to read as follows:
     3                                 TITLE 12-B
     4                  NOTIFICATION TO VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES
     5                        OF THE DETECTION OF RADIATION
     6  Section 1389-h. Notification  to  volunteer  fire   companies   of   the
     7                    detection of radiation.
     8    § 1389-h. Notification to volunteer fire companies of the detection of
     9  radiation.  County departments of health, local boards of health and any
    10  other office of a municipality as defined by this chapter shall  provide
    11  notice to any fire company, as defined by subdivision two of section one
    12  hundred  of  the  general municipal law, serving any location, facility,
    13  site, building or residence, where such entity  finds  traces  of  radi-
    14  ation.  Such notice, shall be provided within five days of such finding,
    15  shall contain specific details of radioactive samples  found,  including
    16  level  of radiation and level of public health threat, and shall contain
    17  any recommendations for dealing with the radioactive materials in a safe
    18  and sufficient manner during firefighting operations.  The  commissioner
    19  shall  promulgate  such  rules  and  regulations  as may be necessary to
    20  effectuate the provisions of this section.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    22  have  become  a law; provided that the commissioner of health is author-
    23  ized to promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to implement this
    24  act on or before its effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10103-01-9