Bill Text: NY S02908 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the concentration of fluoride additives in water; establishes fluoride target levels.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S02908 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S02908-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2908 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 26, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to fluoride additives in water The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1100-a of the public health law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 3 5. For any public water supply to which any county, city, town, 4 village, or public authority adds a fluoride compound, the optimal 5 fluoride target level shall be 0.7 milligrams per liter and the fluoride 6 level shall not exceed 0.8 milligrams per liter. The department shall 7 make rules and regulations to enforce this subdivision. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 9 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 10 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 11 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 12 on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06320-01-1
