Bill Text: NY S04203 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to study and report on the very high incidence of asthma in the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04203 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04203-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4203 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to direct the commissioner of health to report upon the high incidence of asthma in the state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. (a) Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, the 2 commissioner of health shall commence to examine and evaluate the alarm- 3 ingly high and disproportionate incidence of asthma in the state. Such 4 commissioner shall specifically study and evaluate the following factors 5 related to those persons who have asthma: 6 (i) income level; 7 (ii) race; 8 (iii) gender; 9 (iv) age group; 10 (v) housing accommodations: single family dwelling, two to six family 11 dwelling or housing project; 12 (vi) residence proximity to industrial sites; 13 (vii) residence proximity to highways; and 14 (viii) type of health insurance providing coverage to the person with 15 asthma (private, Medicaid, child health insurance plan or family health 16 plus). 17 (b) Within one year of the effective date of this act, such commis- 18 sioner shall report to the governor and the legislature, his or her 19 findings and any recommendations he or she shall deem necessary. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09222-01-7