Bill Text: NY S04277 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04277 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04277-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4277
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 11, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- 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  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    S 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    S 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.
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