Bill Text: NY S05753 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires annual radon testing of facilities, department facilities, hospitals, schools, community residences, supervised living facilities and other facilities.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-18 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S05753 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5753--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 28, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
          mental Disabilities -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring annual
          radon  testing  of  facilities,  department   facilities,   hospitals,
          schools,  community residences, supervised living facilities, support-
          ive living facilities and residential care centers for adults
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  16.11  of  the  mental hygiene law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision (g) to read as follows:
     3    (g) The commissioner shall require annual radon testing of each facil-
     4  ity, department facility, hospital, school, community residence,  super-
     5  vised  living  facility, supportive living facility and residential care
     6  center for adults.  Such testing shall be performed  by  a  trained  and
     7  certified, independent entity.
     8    (1)  Where  radon  levels  exceed 4 pCi/L, corrective actions shall be
     9  taken within  thirty  days  by  trained  and  certified  specialists  to
    10  successfully reduce the radon level below 4 pCi/L.
    11    (2)  Where  radon  levels  exceed  8 pCi/L, corrective action shall be
    12  taken within fourteen days  by  trained  and  certified  specialists  to
    13  successfully reduce the radon level below 4 pCi/L.
    14    (3)  Each  facility,  department facility, hospital, school, community
    15  residence, supervised living facility, supportive  living  facility  and
    16  residential  care center for adults shall post their annual test results
    17  online. Results shall be posted prior to and following any actions taken
    18  to reduce radon are completed. If no corrective actions  are  necessary,
    19  proof of such shall be posted.
    20    (4) A comprehensive report including the test results from all facili-
    21  ties,  department  facilities, hospitals, schools, community residences,
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09708-02-7
        S. 5753--A                          2
     1  supervised living facilities, supportive living facilities and  residen-
     2  tial  care  centers  for  adults  shall be provided to the governor, the
     3  temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of  the  assembly  no
     4  later than the fifteenth of January each year and shall be posted online
     5  by the same date.
     6    §  2.  Within  120 days of the effective date of this act, all facili-
     7  ties, department facilities, hospitals, schools,  community  residences,
     8  supervised  living facilities, supportive living facilities and residen-
     9  tial care centers for adults as defined in section 1.03  of  the  mental
    10  hygiene law, shall have had their first annual radon test completed.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.