A 11663

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                                   11663
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
                              August 5, 2026
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simone) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  enacting  the
   "Public Health Modernization Act"
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be  cited  as  the  "Public
 Health Modernization Act".
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 225-a to
 read as follows:
   § 225-A. REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF CERTAIN SANITARY CODE SECTIONS. THE
 DEPARTMENT  SHALL  REPEAL SUBPART 24-2 OF PART 24 OF TITLE 10 OF THE NEW
 YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS IN ITS ENTIRETY AND,  IN  CONSULTATION
 WITH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS, PROMULGATE NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERN-
 ING  THE LICENSING AND OPERATION OF COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS REFERENCED
 IN SUCH REPEALED SUBPART. SUCH NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL ESTABLISH
 MINIMUM STANDARDS TO PROMOTE  THE  HEALTH  AND  SAFETY  OF  PATRONS  AND
 EMPLOYEES,  CONSISTENT  WITH  MODERN PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGIES FOCUSED ON
 WELLNESS EDUCATION AND HARM REDUCTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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