S 5484 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes the office of wastewater surveillance and creates a grant program; appropriation

Summary
Establishes the office of wastewater surveillance; creates a grant program; provides such office shall monitor wastewater testing and analyze wastewater test results; provides the grant program shall assist labs in conducting wastewater testing; establishes an advisory council which shall provide advice on: best practices for wastewater sampling, testing and test results analysis; the creation of standards and systems of reporting on wastewater surveillance; the creation of a dashboard; integrate wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 into the office of wastewater surveillance; and any topics deemed essential by the commissioner of health.
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Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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Leroy Comrie
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