Bill Text: NY S03086 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the distribution of potassium iodide in a radiological emergency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S03086 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03086-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3086 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 1, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home- land Security and Military Affairs AN ACT relating to the distribution of potassium iodide in a radiologi- cal emergency The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The disaster preparedness commission shall revise the New 2 York state radiological emergency preparedness plan to mandate the pre- 3 distribution of potassium iodide to personnel monitoring centers, prima- 4 ry MS-1 hospital facilities, and state emergency management facilities 5 located within a fifty mile radius of nuclear power sites for distrib- 6 ution to populations in the event of a radiological emergency. Outside 7 of the current 10 mile radius, the state shall reimburse counties for 8 the purchase of potassium iodide. The commission, in consultation with 9 the department of health, shall develop a set of standards and protocols 10 for pre-distribution of potassium iodide as provided in this act. The 11 provision of this act shall be implemented within amounts made available 12 by appropriation therefor. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2020. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06297-01-9
