Reporting of the health risk factors of excessive alcohol consumption

§ 2998-f. Reporting of the health risk factors of excessive alcohol consumption. The department, in collaboration with the office of addiction services and supports and health care providers, shall collect data on and report the health risk factor of excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol poisoning, including the risk factors of heavy and binge drinking. The report shall be submitted annually, on or before November first, to the governor, the temporary president of senate, the speaker of the assembly and the chairpersons of the assembly and senate health committees. The report shall include, at a minimum, the following information on a county basis:

(a) information on excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol poisoning deaths, including age, gender, ethnicity, and geographic location;

(b) data on emergency room utilization for the treatment of alcohol poisoning; and

(c) any other information necessary to ascertain areas of the state which are experiencing particularly high rates of excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol poisoning, ways to determine if services, resources, and responses in particular areas of the state area having a positive impact on reducing excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol poisoning. Such reporting may be through a web-based dashboard.