Senate Bill S7144

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes integrated pest management requirements for hospitals

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • 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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2023-S7144 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2803-zz, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5575
2013-2014: S831
2015-2016: S2684
2017-2018: S2227
2019-2020: S5011
2021-2022: S5422

2023-S7144 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes integrated pest management requirements for hospitals including a requirement that all hospitals have pest management plans for pest control activities; makes related provisions.

2023-S7144 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7144 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7144
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  integrated  pest
   management requirements for hospitals
 
   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  section
 2803-zz to read as follows:
   §  2803-ZZ. INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR HOSPITALS.  1.
 FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS ARE DEFINED:
   (A) "INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT" MEANS A DECISION-MAKING  PROCESS  FOR
 PEST  CONTROL  THAT UTILIZES REGULAR MONITORING TO DETERMINE IF AND WHEN
 CONTROLS ARE NEEDED; EMPLOYS PHYSICAL, MECHANICAL, CULTURAL,  BIOLOGICAL
 AND EDUCATIONAL TACTICS TO CONTROL CONDITIONS THAT PROMOTE PEST INFESTA-
 TIONS  AND  TO  KEEP  PEST  POPULATIONS AT TOLERABLE DAMAGE OR ANNOYANCE
 LEVELS; AND ONLY  AS  A  LAST  RESORT,  UTILIZES  LEAST-TOXIC  PESTICIDE
 CONTROLS.  THE OVERALL GOALS OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT ARE TO ELIMI-
 NATE THE UNNECESSARY USE OF PESTICIDES AND REDUCE THE USE OF ALL  PESTI-
 CIDES.
   (B) "FACILITIES" MEANS HOSPITAL BUILDINGS, LAND AND OTHER APPURTENANC-
 ES.
   2.  TO  ENSURE  THAT  HOSPITALS  ARE SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS FOR
 PATIENTS, VISITORS AND  HOSPITAL  STAFF  MEMBERS,  CERTAIN  REQUIREMENTS
 SHALL BE PLACED ON PESTICIDE USE IN HOSPITAL FACILITIES.
   (A)  EACH  HOSPITAL  SHALL  HAVE  A  PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ALL PEST
 CONTROL ACTIVITIES. SUCH PLAN SHALL UTILIZE INTEGRATED  PEST  MANAGEMENT
 TECHNIQUES  TO  MANAGE  AND  CONTROL PESTS AND PROBLEMS. EACH INTEGRATED
 PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN SHALL INCLUDE A PROVISION FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO  ALL
 INFORMATION  ABOUT  THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN. HOSPITALS MAY ESTAB-
 LISH ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED PEST
 MANAGEMENT PLANS, AND TO MONITOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF  SUCH  PLANS.  NO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07980-01-3
              

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