Bill Text: NY A07121 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the county health commissioner to notify certain individuals in the event of an emergency creating an imminent risk to public health and safety.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-05 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [A07121 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07121-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7121
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 13, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Health
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to notifying local
         officials of the occurrence of certain emergency situations
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 352 of the public health law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    3    7.  UPON  THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EMERGENCY WHERE AN IMMINENT IMPERILMENT
    4  TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY EXISTS, IN ADDITION TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS
    5  HE OR SHE WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE NOTIFIED, THE COUNTY HEALTH  COMMISSIONER
    6  SHALL  IMMEDIATELY  NOTIFY THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS OF THE EXISTENCE OF
    7  SUCH EMERGENCY:
    8    (A) THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF EACH MUNICIPALITY AFFECTED  BY  THE
    9  EMERGENCY;
   10    (B)  EACH  MEMBER  OF  THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE
   11  EMERGENCY EXISTS WHO REPRESENTS THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE EMERGENCY; AND
   12    (C) EACH MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF ANY  MUNICIPALITY  AFFECTED
   13  BY THE EMERGENCY.
   14    S 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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