What's happening
This bill requires the New York State Department of Health to study and address high asthma rates in New York City, with $5 million appropriated for this purpose.
Why it matters
Targets health equity by requiring the study to analyze asthma disparities based on income, race/ethnicity, housing type, and proximity to pollution sources. this means the plan could address environmental justice and systemic health inequalities in New York City neighborhoods.
Mandates a review of both public and private housing in relation to asthma incidence. , potentially leading to recommendations that affect housing standards, landlord responsibilities, or urban planning to reduce asthma triggers.
Calls for an evaluation of the health care system’s current response and the effectiveness of existing medical facilities. , which could influence future investments in clinics, hospitals, and asthma care programs to better serve high-risk populations.
Sets a strict timeline (12 months for study and plan; results to governor/legislature within 18 months), ensuring timely action and accountability. this could result in faster policy responses, funding allocations, or regulatory changes to address the asthma crisis.
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Study NYC Asthma Crisis
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History
- Referred to finance
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1709
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to finance
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Study NYC Asthma Crisis
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Marcos Crespo
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2967
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 18, 2017
Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
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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Title of bill
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
Purpose or general idea of bill
The general purpose of the bill is to ensure that the State Department of Health conducts a study of the high incidence of asthma in the City of New York and provide the Governor and the Legislature with a remedial plan addressing high risk neighborhoods by 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.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of this bill directs the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health to prepare a remedial plan to address high incidence of asthma in the City of New York.
Section 2 of this bill provides that a study and remedial plan shall be completed within twelve months of the effective date of this act.
Section 3 of this bill appropriates the sum of five million dollars 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 and shall be made immediately available for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act.
Section 4 of this bill provides that this act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become law and the results of such study and remedial plan shall be provided to the Governor and the Legislature no later than eighteen months from the beginning of such study.
Justification
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that affects one in every 10 adults and one in every 10 children in New York State. According to a 2013 New York State Asthma Surveillance Summary Report, New York State had higher asthma emergency department and hospital discharges rates than the rest of the nation. Furthermore, in 2011, adults living in New York City had a higher prevalence of asthma, hospital discharge, and mortality rates for 2009-2011 than residents in the rest of the State. Regarding the economic burden of asthma, the total cost of asthma hospitalization for 2011 was approximately $660 million, a 61% increase since 2002.
This legislation addresses the severe problem of asthma in the City of New York by requiring the Department of Health to better study the high incidence of asthma in the City and to prepare a plan to address this pressing public health issue.
Prior legislative history
2016: S.8091 - Passed the Senate
Fiscal implications
Five million dollars has been appropriated.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become law and the results of such study and 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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