Assembly Bill A1518

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires persons licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises to display a sign or poster on dangers of alcohol consumption while pregnant

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A1518 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2503-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5545
2011-2012: A3419
2015-2016: A4304
2017-2018: A4660
2019-2020: A6400

2013-A1518 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires persons licensed to sell any alcoholic beverage for consumption on the premises to display a sign or poster on the dangers of alcohol consumption while pregnant; provides that the commissioner of health shall prepare and distribute the sign or poster to such license holders.

2013-A1518 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1518

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to posting of alcohol
  consumption warning signs

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The legislature finds that several reports have indicated
that fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), caused by the consumption of alcohol-
ic beverages while pregnant, is the leading cause of birth  defects  and
mental  retardation  in  the  United  States. As many as twelve thousand
infants are born each year with FAS and three times as many  have  alco-
hol-related  neurodevelopmental  disorder  (ARND).  For  the past thirty
years, the rate of pregnant women drinking  heavy  alcohol  amounts  has
risen  over fifty percent. Nationwide, of the four million women who get
pregnant each year, over three  quarters  of  a  million  drink  alcohol
during pregnancy. FAS, ARND, along with learning disabilities, attention
deficit  disorder, hyperactivity, aggressiveness, and violent tendencies
are the most common malfunctions among alcohol-related births. They  are
lifelong  disorders  that  result in brain damage, facial abnormalities,
growth deficiencies and central nervous  system  dysfunction  in  unborn
children.    This  illness also causes heart defects, epilepsy, liver or
kidney disease, abuse and neglect. Women who drink alcohol  while  preg-
nant  are  at  high risk of having miscarriages and developing their own
heart problems, which could pass along to their offspring.
  S 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2503-a
to read as follows:
  S  2503-A.    ALCOHOL  CONSUMPTION; WARNING SIGNS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL PREPARE, HAVE PRINTED AND  DISTRIBUTE  ACROSS  THE  STATE  TO  ALL
PERSONS WITH A LICENSE TO SELL ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FOR CONSUMPTION ON
THE  PREMISES, A SIGN OR POSTER WITH CONSPICUOUS LETTERING THAT PROVIDES

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

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