Bill Text: NY S07922 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the study of the health and environmental impact of the implementation of 5G and future generation wireless network system technology and small cell distributed antenna systems in the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S07922 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07922-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7922

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 3, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT in relation to directing the study of  the  health  and  environ-
          mental impacts of the implementation of 5G and future generation wire-
          less  network  system  technology  and  small cell distributed antenna
          systems in the state

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

     1    Section  1.  The  department  of health and the department of environ-
     2  mental conservation, in cooperation with the office of information tech-
     3  nology services, shall jointly study and evaluate the health  and  envi-
     4  ronmental  impacts  of  the  implementation of fifth generation (5G) and
     5  future generation wireless systems technology and small cell distributed
     6  antenna systems in the state.
     7    § 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, such
     8  departments shall jointly submit to the governor and the  legislature  a
     9  report  on the health and environmental impacts of the implementation of
    10  5G technology and future  generation  wireless  systems  technology  and
    11  small  cell  distributed antenna systems, as described in section one of
    12  this act.
    13    § 3. Such departments shall evaluate such data with the assistance  of
    14  experts including, but not limited to:
    15    a.  an expert in environmental medicine who is knowledgeable about the
    16  health effects of electromagnetic fields; and
    17    b. an expert in public health or environmental medicine with expertise
    18  in the biological effects of radio frequency microwave radiation.
    19    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15639-02-0