NY A01667

Creates an Office of Antibiotic-Resistance Control within the Department of Health to coordinate statewide efforts against antibiotic resistance using a "One Health" approach that addresses both human medicine and agricultural use

Establishes goals to reduce healthcare-associated antibiotic-resistant infections by 20% and community-acquired infections by 10% by 2027, and to cut medically important antibiotic use in food animal production by 50% within five years

Beginning one year after enactment, medically important antibiotics for food-producing animals require a prescription or veterinary feed directive from a licensed veterinarian who has visited the farm within six months; after two years, use is restricted to treating or controlling diagnosed disease only

Creates an Antibiotic-Resistance Control Board with five voting members (commissioners of Health, Agriculture and Markets, Environmental Conservation, Education, plus one public member) and ten advisory members to recommend regulations and coordinate agency activities

Establishes an Antibiotics Education Fund funded by civil penalties ($250/day for first violation, $500/day for subsequent violations) and adds MRSA and other antibiotic-resistant infections to the definition of airborne infectious disease under labor law