Bill > A08680

This bill requires cities that currently add fluoride to their public water supplies to follow specific notification requirements if they wish to stop fluoridation. Specifically, before discontinuing water fluoridation, a city must first comply with section eleven hundred-a of the public health law and must publish a notice about the planned discontinuation in local newspapers, on the city's official website, and across its social media platforms at least 90 days before the actual date of stopping fluoridation. The purpose of this bill appears to be ensuring transparency and giving residents advance warning about potential changes to their public water supply's fluoridation status. Water fluoridation is a public health practice of adding fluoride compounds to municipal water systems, typically to help prevent tooth decay, and this bill aims to provide communities with ample notice and information if a local government decides to end this practice.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8680