New York A 2059: Establishes a COVID-19 pandemic response study commission

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A02059 Summary:

BILL NOA02059 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05926

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SPONSORGonzalez-Rojas

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COSPNSRPaulin, Levenberg, Jensen, Kim, Hevesi, Simon, Maher, Gallagher, Weprin, Davila, Brown K, Brabenec,
 Raga, Epstein, Shrestha, Forrest, Simone, Manktelow, Slater, Gallahan, Giglio, Lemondes

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2180, add §2184, Pub Health L

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Establishes the COVID-19 pandemic response study commission to conduct a study of the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic; provides for the repeal of such commission upon the completion of the commission's final report.

Go to top A02059 Actions:

BILL NOA02059 

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01/15/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA02059 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2059

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, PAULIN, LEVENBERG, JENSEN, KIM,
 HEVESI, SIMON, MAHER, GALLAGHER, WEPRIN, DAVILA, K. BROWN, BRABENEC,
 RAGA, EPSTEIN, SHRESTHA, FORREST, SIMONE, MANKTELOW, SLATER, GALLAHAN,
 GIGLIO, LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
 mental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
 COVID-19 pandemic response study commission; and providing for the
 repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 2180 of the public health law is amended by adding
 2 two new subdivisions 14 and 15 to read as follows:
 3 14. "COVID-19 pandemic" means the pandemic of COVID-19 beginning in or
 4 about February, two thousand twenty.
 5 15. "Commission" means the COVID-19 pandemic response study commission
 6 established pursuant to section twenty-one hundred eighty-four of this
 7 title.
 8 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2184 to
 9 read as follows:
 10 § 2184. COVID-19 pandemic response study commission. 1. (a) There is
 11 hereby established in the department a COVID-19 pandemic response study
 12 commission to study the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 13 (b) The commission shall consist of sixteen voting members as follows,
 14 after receiving the recommendations received by the commissioner pursu-
 15 ant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision: eight shall be appointed by
 16 the governor, one of whom shall be designated by the governor as the
 17 chair of the commission; three shall be appointed by the temporary pres-
 18 ident of the senate; three shall be appointed by the speaker of the
 19 assembly; one shall be appointed by the senate minority leader; and one
 20 shall be appointed by the assembly minority leader. At least half of the
 21 appointees of each appointing officer, respectively, shall be chosen

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03410-01-5

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 1 from the recommendations of the commissioner pursuant to paragraph (c)
 2 of this subdivision. The commissioner and the commissioner of the divi-
 3 sion of homeland security and emergency services, or their respective
 4 designees, shall be ex officio non-voting members of the commission. If
 5 a vacancy occurs in the membership of the commission, it shall be filled
 6 by appointment by the respective appointing officer.
 7 (c) The commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of the divi-
 8 sion of homeland security and emergency services, the county health
 9 commissioners, the New York city commissioner of health and mental
 10 hygiene, the local health officers, and the deans of the schools of
 11 public health in the state, to solicit recommendations (which may
 12 include themselves) for appointment to the commission. The commissioner
 13 shall advise the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
 14 speaker of the assembly, the senate minority leader and the assembly
 15 minority leader of the recommendations the commissioner receives pursu-
 16 ant to this paragraph.
 17 (d) A majority of the members appo