New York S 1295: Directs the superintendent of financial services to study the relationship between patient access to care and treatment of Lyme disease and health insurance coverage

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S01295 Summary:

BILL NOS01295 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03631

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SPONSORBORRELLO

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COSPNSROBERACKER, RHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §915-a, Ed L

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Permits schools located within the state to purchase reduced fat or whole New York milk to provide or sell at such school.

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BILL NOS01295 

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01/09/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1295

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting schools
 located within the state to purchase certain New York milk

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 915-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 915-a. Milk options. 1. As used in this section, the following terms
 4 shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "New York milk" shall mean raw milk produced by the milking of
 6 cows physically located within the geographic boundaries of the state,
 7 transported to a dairy processing facility located within the geographic
 8 boundaries of the state and processed as fluid milk into containers
 9 intended for distribution to consumers.
 10 (b) "Reduced fat New York milk" shall mean New York milk containing
 11 two percent milk fat. The term includes New York milk that has been
 12 flavored.
 13 (c) "Whole New York milk" shall mean New York milk containing at least
 14 three percent milk fat. The term includes New York milk that has been
 15 flavored.
 16 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation to the
 17 contrary, a school board or other governing entity of a school located
 18 in the state may elect to utilize funds from state or local sources to
 19 obtain whole New York milk or reduced fat New York milk to provide or
 20 sell at such school.
 21 3. The commissioner of education shall notify the superintendent or
 22 chief administrator of each school in the state of the provisions of
 23 this section.
 24 4. The attorney general shall, on behalf of a school located within
 25 the state, bring a civil action against the federal government or any

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01657-01-5

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 1 other entity to recover funds withheld or revoked as a result of an
 2 action taken by the school board or other governing entity of such
 3 school pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
 4 5. No later than two years after the effective date of this section,
 5 the commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of
 6 agriculture and markets, shall issue a report to the governor and the
 7 legislature. Such report shall include all of the following information:
 8 (a) A list of schools located within the state that have elected to
 9 provide or sell New York milk under this section.
 10 (b) The approximate increase or decrease in the consumption of fluid
 11 milk at schools located within the state since the effective date of
 12 this section.
 13 (c) Actions taken by the state to promote whole milk and reduced fat
 14 milk availability in schools located within the state.
 15 (d) Any other information deemed relevant by the commissioner of
 16 education or the commissioner of agriculture and markets for the
 17 purposes of this section.
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 19 have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed upon the
 20 occurrence of either of the following:
 21 1. The amendment or repeal of section 9(a)(2)(A) of the National
 22 School Lunch Act (60 Stat. 230, 42 U.S.C. § 1758(a)(2)(A)), which
 23 results in the availability of whole milk or reduced fat milk, flavored
 24 or unflavored, in elementary and secondary schools in the state.
 25 2. An update to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans publi