Assembly Bill A2456

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of health to establish and maintain a list of toxins which members of the military may have come into contact with

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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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2015-A2456 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206, add Art 38-A §3810, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8244
2017-2018: A4266, A10900
2019-2020: A6421
2021-2022: A4731
2023-2024: A5469

2015-A2456 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of health to establish and maintain a list of toxins which members of the military may have come into contact with and requires doctors to ask patients whether they have served in the military.

2015-A2456 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2456

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
  department  of health to establish and maintain a list of toxins which
  members of the military may have come into contact with and  requiring
  doctors to ask patients whether they have served in the military

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

  Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 29 to read as follows:
  29. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL COMPILE AND PERIODICALLY UPDATE A  LIST  OF
TOXIC MATERIALS OR HARMFUL PHYSICAL AGENTS WHICH MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY
MAY  HAVE  COME  INTO CONTACT WITH AS A RESULT OF MILITARY SERVICE.  THE
COMMISSIONER MAY CONSULT WITH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION TO  ASSIST  IN
THE  COMPILATION OF SUCH LIST. THE LIST SHALL BE PROVIDED TO ALL PERSONS
LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED
THIRTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  S  2. The public health law is amended by adding a new article thirty-
eight-A to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 38-A
                             VETERANS HEALTH
SECTION 3810. TOXIC MATERIALS AND HARMFUL PHYSICAL AGENTS.
  S 3810. TOXIC MATERIALS  AND  HARMFUL  PHYSICAL  AGENTS.  ALL  DOCTORS
LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  MEDICINE  IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED
THIRTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL ASK EACH PATIENT WHETHER HE OR SHE
HAS SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND WHETHER HE OR SHE HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO ANY
OF THE TOXIC MATERIALS OR HARMFUL PHYSICAL AGENTS INCLUDED IN  THE  LIST
COMPILED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWENTY-NINE OF
SECTION TWO HUNDRED SIX OF THIS CHAPTER. WHEN A DOCTOR IS  DIAGNOSING  A
PATIENT  WHO HAS SERVED IN THE MILITARY AND WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO
ANY OF THE TOXIC MATERIALS OR HARMFUL PHYSICAL AGENTS INCLUDED  IN  SUCH

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05573-01-5
              

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