Assembly Bill A2038

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires the installation of portable air filters in schools located in N.Y. city

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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-A2038 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 10 §§1000 & 1001, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A9803

2013-A2038 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the installation of portable air filters in schools located in cities with a population of one million or more.

2013-A2038 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2038

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MARKEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to requiring the
  installation of portable air purifiers in certain schools

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

  Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 10
to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 10
                     AIR PURIFIERS; CERTAIN SCHOOLS
SECTION 1000. DEFINITIONS.
        1001. AIR PURIFIERS; CERTAIN SCHOOLS.
  S 1000. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS
SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  A.  "HIGH-EFFICIENCY  PARTICULATE  AIR FILTER" OR "HEPA" SHALL MEAN AN
AIR FILTER THAT USES A FILTER TO REMOVE PARTICLES FROM THE AIR.
  B. "ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION FILTER" OR  "UVGI"  IS  AN  AIR
FILTER  THAT USES A DISINFECTION METHOD THAT USES ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT
AT SUFFICIENTLY SHORT WAVELENGTH TO KILL MICROORGANISMS.
  C. "DISINFECTION FILTRATION SYSTEM" OR "DFS" IS  AN  AIR  FILTER  THAT
APPLIES  A HIGH ENERGY FIELD WITHIN A SEALED FILTER COMPARTMENT TO INAC-
TIVATE MICROORGANISMS, THEREBY KILLING THEM PERMANENTLY.
  S 1001. AIR PURIFIERS; CERTAIN SCHOOLS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER, IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER
OF EDUCATION, SHALL HAVE INSTALLED IN EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN
A  CITY  WITH  A  POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, PORTABLE HEPA, UVGI
AND/OR DFS FILTERS DEMONSTRATING CAPABILITY TO KILL OR INACTIVATE  GERMS
SUCH AS MOLD.  SUCH INSTALLATION SHALL BE MADE IN SUCH A MANNER AND WITH
A  SUFFICIENT  NUMBER  OF SUCH FILTERS THAT ARE RATED TO REMOVE AT LEAST
99.95% OF ALL PARTICLES GREATER THAN 0.3 MICROMETER FROM THE AIR.

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

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