New York S 5147: Relates to creating NYCHA-based health centers

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S05147 Summary:

BILL NOS05147 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05017

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §411, Pub Health L

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Relates to creating NYCHA-based health centers to provide basic health services for residents living on NYCHA campuses, specifically specialty care and testing for lead poisoning and mold exposure and specifically respiratory related illnesses.

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BILL NOS05147 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5147

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 creating
 NYCHA-based health centers

 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 section
 2 411 to read as follows:
 3 § 411. NYCHA-based health centers. 1. The department shall establish
 4 health centers on campuses for residents living on such campuses no
 5 later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this
 6 section.
 7 2. For purposes of this section:
 8 (a) "campus" shall refer to an individual development owned by the New
 9 York city housing authority;
 10 (b) "health center" shall mean an area located within a campus desig-
 11 nated by the New York city housing authority for the purpose of provid-
 12 ing basic health services, such area shall be located on the first floor
 13 in a designated community space accessible to all; and
 14 (c) "basic health services" shall mean primary care and preventative
 15 health services, including prenatal care; screenings for vision, hear-
 16 ing, asthma, tuberculosis and other medical conditions as determined by
 17 the commissioner; medical care and treatment for illnesses, including
 18 the prescribing of medication; and specialty care and testing for lead
 19 poisoning and mold exposure, and specifically respiratory related
 20 illnesses.
 21 3. The department shall provide the resources necessary to establish
 22 such health centers. Such resources shall include, but not be limited
 23 to, materials used to perform screenings and diagnostic blood tests,
 24 materials used to maintain a safe and sanitary health center, and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05999-01-5

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 1 personnel to provide primary health care services and assist in the
 2 administration of such health centers.
 3 4. The department shall establish at least one health center at a
 4 campus within each borough in the city of New York. The location of such
 5 health centers shall be based on the need and reported health dispari-
 6 ties within each borough.
 7 5. The department shall allocate such resources in a manner determined
 8 by the department for the purposes of this section.
 9 6. The department shall evaluate the effectiveness of such health
 10 centers and prepare a report on the performance of such health centers,
 11 the manner in which each health center's resources were allocated, the
 12 number of primary care visits, the number of persons tested for lead and
 13 respiratory illnesses, the frequency of such testing and the number of
 14 persons testing positively for lead poisoning and/or mold exposure, and
 15 the health outcomes and improvements associated with such individuals.
 16 Such performance report shall be delivered to the governor, the tempo-
 17 rary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly by December
 18 first, two thousand twenty-seven, and every year thereafter.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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