Establishes an office of antibiotic-resistance control and an antibiotics education fund.

New York S03220 creates an office of antibiotic-resistance control within the Department of Health to coordinate state efforts against antibiotic resistance. The office will develop a strategy to reduce antibiotic misuse and overuse in medicine and agriculture. It also establishes the antibiotics education fund, which will receive penalty assessments for antibiotic misuse. The bill includes methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other antibiotic-resistant infections in the definition of airborne infectious disease.

Establishes an office of antibiotic-resistance control and an antibiotics education fund.

New York S03220 creates an office of antibiotic-resistance control within the Department of Health to coordinate state efforts against antibiotic resistance. The office will develop a strategy to reduce antibiotic misuse and overuse in medicine and agriculture. It also establishes the antibiotics education fund, which will receive penalty assessments for antibiotic misuse. The bill includes methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other antibiotic-resistant infections in the definition of airborne infectious disease.