New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York S10720: Establishes a learning module to provide education on tickborne illnesses in the state of New York
Status: In committee, October 9, 2026
Establishes a learning module to provide education on tickborne illnesses in the state of New York for state medical colleges and universities, county departments of health, and the public.
What the bill says
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to increasing knowledge of tickborne illnesses in the state of New York.
From the introduced text, October 9, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to increasing knowledge of tickborne illnesses in the state of New York THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 2 of the public health law is amended by adding a new title 9 to read as follows: TITLE 9 TICKBORNE ILLNESS EDUCATION SECTION 269-A. TICKBORNE ILLNESS EDUCATION. § 269-A. TICKBORNE ILLNESS EDUCATION. 1. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, AND EXPERTS IN TICKBORNE ILLNESSES SHALL CREATE AN OPEN ACCESS LEARNING MODULE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ON TICKBORNE ILLNESSES. 2. THE OPEN ACCESS LEARNING MODULE SHALL BE A SHORT VIDEO COURSE WHICH PROVIDES EDUCATION ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (A) CHALLENGES IN DIAGNOSING TICKBORNE ILLNESSES, INCLUDING AN EXPLORATION OF THE DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES ON HOW LONG AN INFECTED TICK MUST BE ATTACHED BEFORE BACTERIA OR PATHOGENS ARE TRANSMITTED; (B) UNDERSTANDING THE VARIOUS WAYS TICKBORNE ILLNESSES PRESENTS AND AFFECTS PATIENTS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: EARLY VS. DISSEMINATED SIGNS; RECOGNIZING CLASSIC ERYTHEMA MIGRANS RASHES VERSUS ATYPICAL OR ABSENT RASHES; ATYPICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND HOW TO DISTINGUISH THEM FROM FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS, NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS (NEUROBORRELIOSIS), CARDIAC INVOLVEMENT (LYME CARDITIS), AND SEVERE COINFECTIONS LIKE BABESIOSIS-INDUCED HEMOLYSIS; (C) BIOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION OF TICKS ACROSS NEW YORK AND THE NORTHEAST INCLUDING: …
Sponsors
- Rachel May (D, 48) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO RULES
Subjects: Public Health Law
Common questions
- What is S10720?
- S10720 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Establishes a learning module to provide education on tickborne illnesses in the state of New York.
- What does S10720 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to increasing knowledge of tickborne illnesses in the state of New York.
- What is the status of S10720?
- In committee as of October 9, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO RULES (October 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored S10720?
- Rachel May (D, 48).
- Where is the official record for S10720?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S10720
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