New York S 8499: Relates to failure to complete a program for time allowances due to circumstances beyond an individual's control

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S08499 Summary:

BILL NOS08499A

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SAME ASSAME AS A09095-A

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, PARKER, PERSAUD, SALAZAR, SERRANO

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 21 Title 9 §§2186 - 2186-f, Pub Health L; add §99-uu, St Fin L

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Requires the department of environmental conservation and the department of health, owners or operators of public water systems, and owners or operators of buildings to take actions to prevent and control waterborne pathogens including legionella from source-to-tap.

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BILL NOS08499A

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09/05/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/11/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

05/11/2026PRINT NUMBER 8499A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8499--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 September 5, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, BRISPORT, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, JACKSON,
 PERSAUD, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
 to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the
 Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the state finance law, in
 relation to enacting the Legionnaires' disease prevention act

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Legionnaires' disease prevention act".
 3 § 2. Article 21 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 4 title 9 to read as follows:
 5 TITLE IX
 6 LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE
 7 Section 2186. Public water system water treatment, monitoring
 8 and management.
 9 2186-a. Water user notification of public water system
 10 disruptions.
 11 2186-b. Legionnaires' disease case investigation and registry.
 12 2186-c. Legionnaires' disease reporting and public water system
 13 sampling.
 14 2186-d. Building water management plans.
 15 2186-e. Annual report.
 16 2186-f. Disposition of fines.
 17 § 2186. Public water system water treatment, monitoring and manage-
 18 ment. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or rule or regu-
 19 lation to the contrary, and no later than one year after the effective
 20 date of this section, the owner or operator of a public water system
 21 shall:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13673-02-6

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 1 (a) maintain a detectable disinfectant residual of free chlorine of at
 2 least 0.5 milligrams per liter in all active parts of the public water
 3 system at all times; systems that use monochloramine shall maintain a
 4 detectable disinfectant residual of at least one milligram per liter in
 5 all active parts of the public water system at all times; and
 6 (b) conduct disinfectant residual testing at frequent and regular
 7 intervals to determine the amount and type of detectable disinfectant
 8 residual existing at different points in the public water system.
 9 2. (a) If the owner or operator of the public water system fails to
 10 meet the minimum detectable disinfectant residual targets established
 11 pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section, the
 12 department of environmental conservation shall investigate such
 13 violation or, at its discretion, authorize a third-party entity to
 14 conduct the investigation. The department of environmental conservation
 15 is authorized to impose fines on the owner or operator of a public water
 16 system for violations of this section and for failure to comply with the
 17 requirements of this article.
 18 (b) The department of environmental conservation shall develop proce-
 19 dures and guidelines regarding the investigation of an owner or operator
 20 of a public water system conducted pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
 21 subdivision, including, but not limited, to:
 22 (i) the definition of what constitutes a repeated failure to