Bill Text: NY S05815 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides that the department of health may conduct education and outreach programs promoting public awareness of the dangers of fatal and non-fatal drowning.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-20 - returned to senate [S05815 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05815-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5815--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 17, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  MANNION,  KENNEDY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Health
          --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to education and
          outreach programs on the dangers of fatal and non-fatal drowning

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 207 of the public health law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (s) to read as follows:
     3    (s) Promoting public awareness of the dangers of fatal  and  non-fatal
     4  drowning, including but not limited to the unique risk factors and expo-
     5  sures  associated  with infant and early drowning, childhood and teenage
     6  drowning and adult drowning, the disparate risk of drowning in disadvan-
     7  taged communities identified pursuant to section 75-0111 of the environ-
     8  mental conservation law and with individuals with a mental disability as
     9  defined by subdivision three of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene  law,
    10  and  methods  to reduce the risks of drowning, including but not limited
    11  to water safety instruction, swim lessons, and awareness of water  based
    12  risks.
    13    §  2.  This act shall take effect June 1, 2025. Effective immediately,
    14  the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation  neces-
    15  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
    16  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05540-02-4