S 1880: Directs the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct an after-action review study on the state's COVID-19 pandemic response; directs the commissioner to submit a report on such study after 1 year and make such report publicly available on its website, and share such report with the CDC.
The state of New York is conducting a study on its COVID-19 pandemic response. The commissioner of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services will review the state's response, including actions taken by state and local governments, authorities, and their relationships with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study will explore various aspects of the response, such as logistics, resource management, communications, policies, and relationships with the CDC. The findings will be submitted to the governor, the legislature, and made public on the Division's website within one year of the study's completion. The study's report will identify issues, discuss them, and provide recommendations to mitigate the effects of future pandemics. The report will also be shared with the federal CDC. The study and its findings will take effect on the 30th day after the bill bec…
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1880 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs AN ACT directing the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct a study on the state's COVID-19 pandemic response The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the division of homeland security and 2 emergency services shall conduct an after-action review study of New 3 York state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Such study shall explore 4 every facet of New York state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, 5 including, but not limited to, the level of success or failure of each 6 approach taken by all state and local governmental entities that took 7 specific action in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including but not 8 limited to, actions of authorities and implementation of operations, 9 logistics, resource management, communications, policies, and such state 10 and local governmental entities' relationships with the centers for 11 disease control and prevention. 12 § 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the 13 commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services 14 shall submit a report on the findings of the study under section one of 15 this act to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the 16 speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the 17 minority leader of the assembly. Such report shall be divided into the 18 following three sections: (i) an identification of the issue or issues; 19 (ii) a discussion of such issue or issues; and (iii) recommendations to 20 mitigate the effects of any potential future pandemics. Such report 21 shall also be made public on the division of homeland security and emer- 22 gency services' website and shared with the federal centers for disease 23 control and prevention. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 25 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05490-01-5