BILL NUMBER: S3932
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to increasing the age
required to use ultraviolet radiation devices to twenty-one years of age
 
PURPOSE:
To reduce the risk of skin cancer by raising the minimum age to use UV
tanning beds from 18 to 21 years old.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends subdivision 2 of section 3555 of the public health law
to raise the minimum age to use tanning beds from 18 to 21 years.
Section 2: Sets Effective Date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Ultraviolet radiation from indoor tanning beds is a major contributing
factor to skin cancer for people who use tanning facilities. According
to statistics from the American Skin Care Foundation, more than 419,000
cases of skin cancer in the U.S. each year are linked to indoor tanning,
and more people develop skin cancer because of indoor tanning than lung
cancer because of smoking. The risks to younger users are especially
severe. The Skin Care Foundation found that people who first use a
tanning bed before age 35 increased their risk for melanoma by 750.
Given the legislature's recent efforts to raise the age for other
dangerous activities such as smoking (S2833 of 2019), it is time to
raise the minimum age to use indoor tanning beds to keep the next gener-
ation of New Yorkers safe from these carcinogenic products.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Senate
2019:S6825, Referred to Rules
2020:56825, Referred to Health
2021:51873, Referred to Health
2022:S1873, Referred to Health
2023:S3341, Referred to Health
2024:S3341, Referred to Health
Assembly
2019: No Assembly Same-As
2020: No Assembly Same-As
2021: N/A
2022: A8935, Referred to Health
2023: A1141, Referred to Health
2024: A1141, Referred to Health
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

Statutes affected:
S3932: 3555 public health law, 3555(2) public health law