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NY S06509
Bill
Status
2/17/2012
Primary Sponsor
Diane Savino
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AI Summary
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NYPD must transmit information about police officers who contracted cancer as a result of participating in World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations to Mount Sinai Medical Center within 30 days of the act's effective date, and to other research institutions upon request within 30 days.
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Covered police officers include those who worked at the WTC site (below Canal Street), Fresh Kills Land Fill, NYC morgues, or manned barges between Manhattan and Fresh Kills.
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Cancer must have been diagnosed after participation in WTC operations and not present in a pre-operation physical examination to qualify as contracted from the work.
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NYPD must prepare and publish its own analysis of cancer incidence in WTC police responders based on information in its possession.
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Released data must contain minimum personally identifiable information and cannot include names, social security numbers, or direct identifiers unless individual police officers provide written waivers; non-compliance is enforceable through court order and contempt proceedings.
Legislative Description
Requires the New York city police department to release certain information to research institutions regarding incidence of cancer in World Trade Center police responders; requires the New York city police department to produce its own analysis of such incidence and to publish the results thereof.
Last Action
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2/17/2012