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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10340
I N S E N A T E
May 14, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the reportable
tick-borne disease of Alpha-gal syndrome
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 206-c to read as follows:
3 § 206-C. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALPHA-GAL SYNDROME DIAGNOSIS AND
4 SURVEILLANCE. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
5 TO ESTABLISH ALPHA-GAL SYNDROME, A SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREAT-
6 ENING ALLERGIC CONDITION TRIGGERED BY A TICK BITE, AS A REPORTABLE
7 DISEASE OR CONDITION FOR THE PURPOSE OF REQUIRING HEALTH CARE PRACTI-
8 TIONERS AND FACILITIES TO REPORT INSTANCES OF DIAGNOSIS OF ALPHA-GAL
9 SYNDROME.
10 2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL EXPAND THE LIST OF TICK-BORNE DISEASES
11 INCLUDED WITHIN THE TICK-BORNE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE REPORT SUBMITTED BY
12 THE DEPARTMENT'S BUREAU OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL TO INCLUDE
13 ALPHA-GAL SYNDROME.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
15 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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