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NY S05056
Bill
Status
6/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
Gustavo Rivera
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AI Summary
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Requires the New York Department of Health to issue an annual report on heat vulnerability and heat-related deaths, with the first report due by June 15, 2026
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Defines two categories of heat deaths: "heat stress deaths" (directly attributed to heat on death certificates) and "heat-exacerbated deaths" (natural causes worsened by extreme heat, estimated through statistical modeling)
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Mandates the report include county-by-county heat vulnerability assessments based on social and environmental factors, along with demographic data on decedents including age, gender, race/ethnicity, and county
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Requires at least one statistical model to analyze daily temperature as a continuous variable against daily mortality without a temperature threshold
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Authorizes the Health Commissioner to enter agreements with New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for data sharing, while allowing NYC to independently produce its own heat death reports
Legislative Description
Requires the department of health examine heat-related deaths in the state of New York; requires the department to issue a report to the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly and the governor.
Last Action
PRINT NUMBER 5056B
3/5/2026