What's happening
This bill directs the New York State Department of Health to study and create a plan to address high asthma rates in the Bronx.
Why it matters
Targets root causes of asthma in the Bronx. by requiring a detailed analysis of contributing factors such as income, race, ethnicity, housing conditions, and proximity to air pollution—offering a holistic look at why asthma rates are high in this community.
Addresses health disparities and environmental justice. by specifically examining how marginalized groups and low-income residents are affected, potentially informing more equitable health and environmental policies.
Mandates a timely, actionable plan. not just a study—ensuring that findings lead to concrete recommendations aimed at reducing asthma rates and improving healthcare effectiveness in the Bronx.
Could influence broader state or local policy. by setting a precedent for similar studies and interventions in other high-risk areas, potentially catalyzing wider action on urban asthma and public health inequities.
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Study Bronx Asthma Rates
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Sponsors
15 Co-sponsors
History
- Substituted by S3103
- Rules report cal.202
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to health
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Study Bronx Asthma Rates
Vetoed · Sponsor José M. Serrano
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STATE OF NEW YORK
703
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, RIVERA, OTIS, COOK, DINOWITZ, MOSLEY, JOYNER, PICHARDO, BLAKE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, BUCHWALD, GALEF, PALMESANO, SIMON -- 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 borough of the Bronx in the city of New York and to prepare a remedial plan
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 borough of the Bronx 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 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. 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.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01029-01-7
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