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- Signed chap.167
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.790
- Substituted for A8106A
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.282
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- Print number 5803a
- Amend (t) and recommit to health
- Referred to health
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to health
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 63–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1592
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to health
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Relates to a lyme disease and tick-borne infection awareness and prevention program
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Didi Barrett
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to including a Lyme disease and tick-borne infection awareness and prevention program within the health care and wellness education and outreach program
Purpose
This bill includes the Lyme disease and tick-borne infection awareness and prevention program in the health care and wellness education program.
Summary of provisions
Section one amends Section 207 of the public health law to include Lyme disease and tick-borne awareness and prevention program in the health care and wellness education program. Information provided shall include methods of prevention, best practices for tick removal, recommendations for the reduction of exposure to ticks and appropriate course of action once a tick is removed.
Section two sets an immediate effective date.
Justification
This bill would statutorily require the Department of Health to design a Lyme and tick-borne disease prevention program to promote awareness and prevention methods. Such a program should include guidelines and methods of prevention-including the safe use of recommended insect repellents best practices for tick removal, recommendations for reducing exposure to ticks and an appropriate course of action for individuals to take once a tick is actually removed from the body.
Under section 207 of the Public Health Law, the Department is authorized to conduct education and outreach programs for consumers, patients and educators and has already established a history of doing so for a variety of diseases, disorders and conditions. As Lyme disease cases continue to grow, efforts are ongoing to identify methods to prevent exposure to this disease that can severely impact a person's quality of life, particularly if the disease goes undetected for an extended period of time. This bill emphasizes the need for awareness on prevention efforts to reduce exposure to Lyme and other tick-borne infectious diseases and directs the Department to provide up-to-date information on Lyme disease prevention efforts.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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