What's happening
This bill directs the New York State Department of Health to study and address high asthma rates in New York City, with $5 million allocated.
Why it matters
Targets Underlying Causes. The bill requires a detailed analysis of asthma rates in New York City, focusing on high-risk neighborhoods and examining disparities related to income, race, ethnicity, housing types, and proximity to air pollution, highlighting the intent to address social and environmental determinants of health.
Evaluates Healthcare System Response. By mandating an evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness of current medical facilities and healthcare responses to asthma, the bill seeks to identify gaps in care and potential improvements.
Time-Bound Accountability. The legislation sets clear deadlines, requiring the study and remedial plan to be completed within twelve months and results reported to the governor and legislature within eighteen months, aiming to ensure timely action and policy follow-up.
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Study NYC Asthma Crisis
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History
- Referred to ways and means
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to health
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Study NYC Asthma Crisis
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Martin J. Golden
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5264
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to direct the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the high incidence of asthma in the city of New York and to prepare a remedial plan; and making an appropriation therefor
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The commissioner of the New York state department of health is hereby authorized and directed to prepare or have prepared a study of and a remedial plan for the high incidence of asthma in the city of New York. Such study shall include an analysis of high risk neighborhoods examining disparities in: income, race and ethnicity, public and private housing, proximity to major sources of air pollution, and an evaluation of adequacy of the health care systems' response to the asthma crisis and the effectiveness of existing medical facilities.
§ 2. Such study and remedial plan shall be completed within twelve months of the effective date of this act.
§ 3. The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby appropriated to the department of audit and control out of any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to the credit of the department of health, not otherwise appropriated, and made immediately available, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. Such moneys shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner of health in the manner prescribed by law.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law and the results of such study and the remedial plan shall be provided to the governor and the legislature no later than eighteen months from the beginning of such study.
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LBD05108-01-7
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