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Legislature accepts public-health and forensic grants and authorizes intermunicipal agreements
Summary
The Legislature accepted a NYS Department of Health grant for tuberculosis prevention, a Governor's Traffic Safety Committee grant for toxicology testing, authorized intermunicipal agreements for sexual-health and tuberculosis clinic services, and approved a University of Rochester contract for a forensic pathology fellowship.
On Dec. 17 the Legislature accepted a New York State Department of Health grant for the Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program (Intro. 519 / Res. 432) and a Governor's Traffic Safety Committee grant to support comprehensive toxicology testing in DUI and DUID cases (Intro. 520 / Res. 433). The Legislature also authorized intermunicipal agreements with Orleans, Genesee and other counties for sexual-health clinic services and tuberculosis control services (Intro. 516–517 / Res. 429–430) and approved a contract with the University of Rochester to support a forensic pathology fellowship at the Office of the Medical Examiner (Intro. 521 / Res. 434).
Committee captions accompanying these items show committee votes and recommendatory actions. The transcript records declarations of interest for some legislators prior to votes but does not include detailed grant award terms or funding amounts in the floor captions.
