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This bill requires local disaster preparedness plans in New York to include a widely shared, culturally appropriate public education component.
Why it matters
Ensures disaster preparedness information actually reaches all community members. by requiring that public education efforts are not just created, but also widely shared, increasing the odds that people know what to do before and during emergencies.
Mandates culturally and linguistically appropriate communication. , addressing a frequent gap where non-English speakers or culturally diverse groups may otherwise miss out on vital emergency instructions.
Adds a layer of review and oversight. via the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, which must approve the public education components, potentially raising the quality and consistency of local disaster plans across New York State.
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Teach Disaster Preparedness
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Teach Disaster Preparedness
In Senate Committee · Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs · Sponsor Leroy Comrie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3140
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 28, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring local disaster preparedness plans to include a public education component as part of disaster prevention
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 7 of section 23 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 3-a to read as follows:
(3-a) a public education component that shall be widely disseminated, as approved by the division of homeland security and emergency services pursuant to regulations promulgated by such division, and shall take into consideration the linguistic and cultural characteristics of the inhabitants;
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07137-01-9
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