 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7166
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 18, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sens. PARKER, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to establishing a
          state stockpile
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new article
     2  2-C to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 2-C
     4                          STRATEGIC STATE STOCKPILE
     5  Section 297. State stockpile.
     6    § 297. State stockpile. 1. The commissioner shall maintain a stockpile
     7  or stockpiles of drugs, vaccines and other biological products,  medical
     8  devices  and other supplies in such numbers, types and amounts as deter-
     9  mined by the governor. The commissioner shall conduct an  annual  review
    10  of  the  contents of such stockpile, including, but not limited to, non-
    11  pharmaceutical supplies, and make necessary additions  or  modifications
    12  to the contents of such stockpile based on such review.
    13    2. The commissioner, in managing the stockpile pursuant to subdivision
    14  one of this section, shall:
    15    (a)  consult  with the workgroup for disease elimination and reduction
    16  established pursuant to section two hundred sixty-six of this chapter;
    17    (b) ensure that adequate procedures are followed with respect to  such
    18  stockpile  for  inventory management and accounting and for the physical
    19  security of such stockpile;
    20    (c) review and revise, as appropriate, the contents of such  stockpile
    21  on  a  regular  basis  to ensure that emerging threats and the potential
    22  depletion of countermeasures currently in the stockpile  are  identified
    23  and  appropriately addressed, including through necessary replenishment;
    24  and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (d) devise plans for the effective and timely supply-chain  management
     2  of  such stockpile, in consultation with the appropriate state and local
     3  agencies and the public and private healthcare infrastructure.
     4    3.  The  commissioner  shall  be  responsible  for  the procurement of
     5  supplies to be stored  in  such  stockpile  pursuant  to  this  section,
     6  including  negotiating  terms such as the quantity, production schedule,
     7  and price of supplies,  and  entering  into  contracts  and  cooperative
     8  agreements.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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