New York A 10186: Enacts the "public health resilience, early-warning, and planning (PREP) act"

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A10186 Summary:

BILL NOA10186 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09045

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SPONSORDe Los Santos

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COSPNSRGriffin

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §206-c, Pub Health L

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Enacts the "public health resilience, early-warning, and planning (PREP) act"; requires the commissioner of health to establish and maintain within the department a public health resilience, early-warning, and planning framework to identify, assess, and prepare for public health threats that may affect the residents of the state.

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BILL NOA10186 

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02/12/2026referred to health

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Go to topA10186 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10186

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DE LOS SANTOS -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the
 "public health resilience, early-warning, and planning (PREP) 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 "public health resilience, early-warning, and planning (PREP) act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and intent. 1. The legislature finds that
 4 public health threats to the residents of the state increasingly arise
 5 from environmental conditions, climate-related impacts, emerging infec-
 6 tious diseases, and interconnected global systems that affect health
 7 care capacity, emergency response, and community well-being.
 8 2. The legislature further finds that early detection of public health
 9 threats, coordinated preparedness planning, and timely response reduces
 10 illness and loss of life, limits strain on health care systems, and
 11 protects critical infrastructure and essential services.
 12 3. The legislature further finds that access to domestic and interna-
 13 tional public health surveillance information, when used in a non-bind-
 14 ing and advisory capacity, enhances the state's ability to anticipate
 15 and prepare for public health threats without creating binding legal or
 16 financial obligations.
 17 4. It is therefore the intent of the legislature to establish a dura-
 18 ble statutory framework to strengthen public health resilience, early-
 19 warning, and planning through coordinated surveillance, preparedness,
 20 and response activities, while preserving state sovereignty, protecting
 21 individual privacy, and ensuring consistency with state and federal law.
 22 § 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 206-c to
 23 read as follows:
 24 § 206-c. Public health resilience, early-warning, and planning frame-
 25 work. 1. The commissioner shall establish and maintain within the
 26 department a public health resilience, early-warning, and planning
 27 framework to identify, assess, and prepare for public health threats
 28 that may affect the residents of the state.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14611-01-6

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 1 2. The framework shall include but not be limited to public health
 2 risks associated with:
 3 (a) extreme heat events;
 4 (b) degraded air quality, including air quality related to smoke and
 5 the ozone;
 6 (c) vector-borne and zoonotic diseases;
 7 (d) flooding, severe weather, and related environmental conditions;
 8 (e) emerging infectious diseases; and
 9 (f) other conditions that may strain public health systems or emergen-
 10 cy response capacity.
 11 3. (a) The department is authorized to utilize public health surveil-
 12 lance data, analyses, and technical information from domestic and inter-
 13 national sources to inform preparedness, planning, and response activ-
 14 ities under this section.
 15 (b) Such sources may include, but are not limited to, federal public
 16 health agencies, academic and research institutions, and non-binding
 17 international public health surveillance and outbreak response networks,
 18 including the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network coordinated by
 19 the World Health Organization.
 20 (c)