NY State Senate Bill 2009-S4645

Senate Bill S4645

Signed By Governor

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of health to provide parents of children between 6 months and 18 years of age, who are in school, with information on influenza and immunizations

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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Apr 14, 2010	signed chap.36
Apr 02, 2010	delivered to governor
Mar 15, 2010	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.225 substituted for s4645b
Mar 15, 2010	substituted by a775b
Mar 11, 2010	advanced to third reading
Mar 10, 2010	2nd report cal.
Mar 09, 2010	1st report cal.225
Feb 23, 2010	reported and committed to finance
Jan 12, 2010	print number 4645b
Jan 12, 2010	amend and recommit to health
Jan 06, 2010	referred to health
May 29, 2009	print number 4645a
May 29, 2009	amend (t) and recommit to health
Apr 27, 2009	referred to health

Votes

- Mar 15, 2010 - Floor Vote
  A775
  
  58
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  3
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Mar 15, 2010
      
      aye (58)
      
      Adams
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Alesi
      
      Aubertine
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Duane
      
      Espada
      
      Farley
      
      Foley
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Huntley
      
      Johnson
      
      Johnson
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      Kruger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Leibell
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      McDonald
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Onorato
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Padavan
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Robach
      
      Saland
      
      Sampson
      
      Savino
      
      Schneiderman
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Smith
      
      Squadron
      
      Stachowski
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thompson
      
      Valesky
      
      Volker
      
      Winner
      
      Young
      
      excused (3)
      
      Flanagan
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Morahan
  Feb 23, 2010 - Health Committee Vote
  S4645
  
  15
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Health Committee Vote: Feb 23, 2010
      
      aye (15)
      
      Duane
      
      Farley
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Hannon
      
      Klein
      
      Kruger
      
      Little
      
      Montgomery
      
      Saland
      
      Sampson
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thompson
      
      Valesky
      
      Winner
      
      Young
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Johnson
      
      Larkin
  Mar 9, 2010 - Finance Committee Vote
  S4645
  
  32
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Finance Committee Vote: Mar 9, 2010
      
      aye (32)
      
      Breslin
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Duane
      
      Espada
      
      Farley
      
      Hannon
      
      Johnson
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      Kruger
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Leibell
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Padavan
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Robach
      
      Saland
      
      Seward
      
      Stachowski
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thompson
      
      Valesky
      
      Volker

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2009-S4645 - Details

Laws Affected:: Amd §613, Pub Health L

2009-S4645 - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to annually provide parents of children between 6 months and 18 years of age, who are in school, with educational materials on influenza and immunizations.

2009-S4645 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4645 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4645

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  parents
  of children in certain child care settings receive educational materi-
  als on influenza disease and influenza immunizations

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 613 of the public health  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  189  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. The commissioner shall (A) develop and supervise the execution of a
program of immunization, surveillance and testing, to raise to the high-
est reasonable level the immunity of the children of the  state  against
communicable  diseases including, but not limited to, INFLUENZA, poliom-
yelitis, measles, mumps, rubella, haemophilus influenzae type  b  (Hib),
diphtheria,  pertussis,  tetanus,  varicella,  hepatitis B, pneumococcal
disease, and the immunity of adults of the state against diseases  iden-
tified  by  the  commissioner,  including  but not limited to influenza,
smallpox, and hepatitis. The commissioner shall  encourage  the  munici-
palities  in  the state to develop and shall assist them in the develop-
ment and the execution of local programs of  inoculation  to  raise  the
immunity  of the children and adults of each municipality to the highest
reasonable level. Such programs  shall  include  provision  of  vaccine,
surveillance  of  vaccine  effectiveness  by  means of laboratory tests,
serological testing of individuals and  educational  efforts  to  inform
health  care  providers and target populations or their parents, if they
are minors, of the facts relative to these diseases and  inoculation  to
prevent  their occurrence.   (B) IN CONNECTION WITH EFFORTS TO RAISE THE
IMMUNITY OF CHILDREN AGAINST INFLUENZA, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  ADMINIS-
TER  A  PROGRAM  OF INFLUENZA EDUCATION TO THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN AGES
SIX MONTHS TO EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE WHO ATTEND LICENSED  AND  REGISTERED

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01804-04-9

S. 4645                             2

CHILD  DAY  CARE  CENTERS,  GROUP FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES, FAMILY DAY CARE
HOMES, NURSERY SCHOOLS, PRE-KINDERGARTEN, KINDERGARTEN, SCHOOL AGE CHILD
CARE PROGRAMS, OR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL
MATERIALS ON INFLUENZA AND THE BENEFITS OF INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATIONS TO BE
MADE  AVAILABLE  ON  THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY  SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
SHALL IN ANTICIPATION OF TIMES OF HIGHEST RISK FOR CONTRACTION OF INFLU-
ENZA AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, SEND  NOTICES  TO  LICENSED  AND
REGISTERED  CHILD  DAY CARE CENTERS, GROUP FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES, FAMILY
DAY CARE HOMES, NURSERY SCHOOLS, PRE-KINDERGARTEN, KINDERGARTEN,  SCHOOL
AGE CHILD CARE PROGRAMS, AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT THE INFORMATION REGARD-
ING  IMMUNIZATIONS  FOR  INFLUENZA IS FREE AND ACCESSIBLE ON THE DEPART-
MENT'S WEBSITE. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE POSTED IN LICENSED AND  REGIS-
TERED  CHILD  DAY  CARE CENTERS, GROUP FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES, FAMILY DAY
CARE HOMES, NURSERY SCHOOLS, PRE-KINDERGARTEN, KINDERGARTEN, SCHOOL  AGE
CHILD  CARE PROGRAMS, AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PLAIN VIEW.  (C) The commis-
sioner shall invite and encourage the active assistance and  cooperation
in  such  education activities of:  the medical societies, organizations
of other licensed health personnel, hospitals, corporations  subject  to
article  forty-three  of  the insurance law, trade unions, trade associ-
ations, parents and teachers and their  associations,  ORGANIZATIONS  OF
CHILD  CARE  RESOURCE  AND REFERRAL AGENCIES, the media of mass communi-
cation, and such other voluntary groups and organizations of citizens as
he or she shall deem appropriate. The public health council, the depart-
ment of education, the department of family assistance, and the  depart-
ment  of mental hygiene shall provide the commissioner with such assist-
ance in carrying out the program as he or she shall request.  All  other
state agencies shall also render such assistance as the commissioner may
reasonably  require  for this program. Nothing in this subdivision shall
authorize mandatory  immunization  of  adults  or  children,  except  as
provided  in  sections  twenty-one  hundred  sixty-four  and  twenty-one
hundred sixty-five of this chapter.
  S 2. This act shall take effect April 20, 2010.  Effective  immediate-
ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
effective date.

2009-S4645A - Details

Laws Affected:: Amd §613, Pub Health L

2009-S4645A - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to annually provide parents of children between 6 months and 18 years of age, who are in school, with educational materials on influenza and immunizations.

2009-S4645A - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4645A

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to providing
parents of children ages six months to eighteen years of age who
attend licensed and registered day care programs, nursery schools,
pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, school age child care programs, public
schools or non-public schools with educational materials on influenza
disease and influenza immunizations


 GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
To ensure that parents of children in certain child care settings,
public schools or non-public schools receive information outlining the
benefits of influenza immunizations

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section 1 of the bill provides that the commissioner shall administer
a program of influenza education and outreach to parents and guardians
of children ages six months to eighteen years of age who attend
certain childcare programs, public schools or non-public schools. The
department of health (DOH) shall make educational materials regarding
influenza and the benefits of influenza immunizations available on the
department's website. The office of children and family services, the
department of education, and the New York City department of Health
and mental hygiene shall notify such childcare programs, public

schools or nonpublic schools that information is available on DOH's
website and that the information should be posted in plain view in
anticipation of times of highest risk for contraction of influenza as
determined by the commissioner of health. "Organizations of child care
resource and referral agencies" is added to the list of groups from
which the commissioner shall seek assistance and cooperation in such
education and outreach program.

Section 2 of the bill provides the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :
In 2007, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) made
changes to the childhood immunization schedule that included
recommendations that all children aged six months to fifty-nine months
receive a yearly influenza vaccine. Influenza is a highly contagious
respiratory illness. That information was again updated to include
children up to age eighteen. Each year in the United States, between
five and twenty percent of the population is infected with influenza
and approximately 36,000 people die and more than 200,000 people are
hospitalized due to complications from influenza. Certain populations,
such as young children, are most vulnerable. Given the large numbers
of children who are in close proximity to one another in child care
centers and schools, it is important to prevent the spread of
influenza with yearly vaccinations. The best time to receive the
vaccine is in October or November. However, getting vaccinated in
December or later can still be beneficial because most influenza
outbreaks often occur in January or later. This bill would ensure that
parents of children aged six months to eighteen years of age receive
valuable information on influenza disease and the benefits of annual
influenza immunizations.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
A.8910A, 2007 and 2008 passed Assembly.  Same as S.5118B, 2007 and
2008 referred to rules.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :
Virtually none; the cost of providing information on an already
existing public website and disseminating it through already existing
channels.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect April 20, 2010. Effective immediately, the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.

2009-S4645A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4645--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing parents
  of children ages six months  to  eighteen  years  of  age  who  attend
  licensed  and  registered day care programs, nursery schools, pre-kin-
  dergarten,  kindergarten,  school  age  child  care  programs,  public
  schools  or non-public schools with educational materials on influenza
  disease and influenza immunizations

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 613 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 189 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1. (A) The commissioner shall develop and supervise the execution of a
program of immunization, surveillance and testing, to raise to the high-
est  reasonable  level the immunity of the children of the state against
communicable diseases including, but not limited to, INFLUENZA,  poliom-
yelitis,  measles,  mumps, rubella, haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib),
diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus,  varicella,  hepatitis  B,  pneumococcal
disease,  and the immunity of adults of the state against diseases iden-
tified by the commissioner, including  but  not  limited  to  influenza,
smallpox,  and  hepatitis.  The commissioner shall encourage the munici-
palities in the state to develop and shall assist them in  the  develop-
ment  and  the  execution  of local programs of inoculation to raise the
immunity of the children and adults of each municipality to the  highest
reasonable  level.  Such  programs  shall  include provision of vaccine,
surveillance of vaccine effectiveness  by  means  of  laboratory  tests,
serological  testing  of  individuals  and educational efforts to inform
health care providers and target populations or their parents,  if  they

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01804-10-9

S. 4645--A                          2

are  minors,  of the facts relative to these diseases and inoculation to
prevent their occurrence.
  (B)  IN  CONNECTION  WITH  EFFORTS  TO  RAISE THE IMMUNITY OF CHILDREN
AGAINST INFLUENZA, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADMINISTER A PROGRAM OF INFLU-
ENZA EDUCATION TO THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN AGES SIX MONTHS  TO  EIGHTEEN
YEARS OF AGE WHO ATTEND LICENSED AND REGISTERED DAY CARE PROGRAMS, NURS-
ERY  SCHOOLS,  PRE-KINDERGARTEN,  KINDERGARTEN,  SCHOOL  AGE  CHILD CARE
PROGRAMS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR NON-PUBLIC  SCHOOLS.    SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL
INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON INFLUENZA AND THE BENEFITS OF INFLUENZA
IMMUNIZATIONS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE IN ANTIC-
IPATION  OF TIMES OF HIGHEST RISK FOR CONTRACTION OF INFLUENZA AS DETER-
MINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND  FAMILY  SERVICES,
THE  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND MENTAL HYGIENE SHALL, AS PART OF THEIR  ROUTINE  NOTIFICATION  PROC-
ESSES,  NOTIFY  LICENSED  AND  REGISTERED  DAY  CARE  PROGRAMS,  NURSERY
SCHOOLS, PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS, KINDERGARTEN  PROGRAMS,  SCHOOL  AGE
CHILD  CARE  PROGRAMS,  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS  AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT THE
INFORMATION REGARDING IMMUNIZATIONS FOR INFLUENZA IS FREE AND ACCESSIBLE
ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE POSTED IN SUCH
LICENSED AND REGISTERED DAY CARE PROGRAMS, NURSERY SCHOOLS,  PRE-KINDER-
GARTENS,  KINDERGARTENS,  SCHOOL AGE CHILD CARE PROGRAMS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PLAIN VIEW IN ANTICIPATION OF  SUCH  TIMES  OF
HIGHEST  RISK  FOR CONTRACTION OF INFLUENZA AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER.
  (C) The commissioner shall invite and encourage the active  assistance
and cooperation in such education activities of:  the medical societies,
organizations  of  other  licensed  health  personnel, hospitals, corpo-
rations subject to article  forty-three  of  the  insurance  law,  trade
unions, trade associations, parents and teachers and their associations,
ORGANIZATIONS OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCIES, the media of
mass communication, and such other voluntary groups and organizations of
citizens as he or she shall deem appropriate. The public health council,
the  department  of  education, the department of family assistance, and
the department of mental hygiene shall  provide  the  commissioner  with
such  assistance in carrying out the program as he or she shall request.
All other state agencies  shall  also  render  such  assistance  as  the
commissioner  may  reasonably  require for this program. Nothing in this
subdivision shall authorize mandatory immunization of  adults  or  chil-
dren,  except  as provided in sections twenty-one hundred sixty-four and
twenty-one hundred sixty-five of this chapter.
  S 2. This act shall take effect April 20, 2010.  Effective  immediate-
ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
effective date.

2009-S4645B (ACTIVE) - Details

Laws Affected:: Amd §613, Pub Health L

2009-S4645B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to annually provide parents of children between 6 months and 18 years of age, who are in school, with educational materials on influenza and immunizations.

2009-S4645B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4645B

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to providing
parents of children ages six months to eighteen years of age who
attend licensed and registered day care programs, nursery schools,
pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, school age child care programs, public
schools or non-public schools with educational materials on influenza
disease and influenza immunizations


 GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
To ensure that parents of children in certain child care settings,
public schools or non-public schools receive information outlining the
benefits of influenza immunizations

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section 1 of the bill provides that the commissioner shall administer
a program of influenza education and outreach to parents and guardians
of children ages six months to eighteen years of age who attend
certain childcare programs, public schools or non-public schools. The
department of health (DOH) shall make educational materials regarding
influenza and the benefits of influenza immunizations available on the
department's website. The office of children and family services, the
department of education, and the New York City department of Health
and mental hygiene shall notify such childcare programs, public

schools or nonpublic schools that information is available on DOH's
website and that the information should be posted in plain view in
anticipation of times of highest risk for contraction of influenza as
determined by the commissioner of health. "Organizations of child care
resource and referral agencies" is added to the list of groups from
which the commissioner shall seek assistance and cooperation in such
education and outreach program.

Section 2 of the bill provides the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :
In 2007, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) made
changes to the childhood immunization schedule that included
recommendations that all children aged six months to fifty-nine months
receive a yearly influenza vaccine. Influenza is a highly contagious
respiratory illness. That information was again updated to include
children up to age eighteen. Each year in the United States, between
five and twenty percent of the population is infected with influenza
and approximately 36,000 people die and more than 200,000 people are
hospitalized due to complications from influenza. Certain populations,
such as young children, are most vulnerable. Given the large numbers
of children who are in close proximity to one another in child care
centers and schools, it is important to prevent the spread of
influenza with yearly vaccinations. The best time to receive the
vaccine is in October or November.  However, getting vaccinated in
December or later can still be beneficial because most influenza
outbreaks often occur in January or later. This bill would ensure that
parents of children aged six months to eighteen years of age receive
valuable information on influenza disease and the benefits of annual
influenza immunizations.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

A.8910A, 2007 and 2008 passed Assembly. Same as S.5118B, 2007 and 2008
referred to rules.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :
Virtually none; the cost of providing information on an already
existing public website and disseminating it through already existing
channels.
 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect April 20, 2011. Effective immediately, the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.

2009-S4645B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4645--B

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accord-
  ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing parents
  of children ages six months  to  eighteen  years  of  age  who  attend
  licensed  and  registered day care programs, nursery schools, pre-kin-
  dergarten,  kindergarten,  school  age  child  care  programs,  public
  schools  or non-public schools with educational materials on influenza
  disease and influenza immunizations

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 613 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 189 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1. (A) The commissioner shall develop and supervise the execution of a
program of immunization, surveillance and testing, to raise to the high-
est  reasonable  level the immunity of the children of the state against
communicable diseases including, but not limited to, INFLUENZA,  poliom-
yelitis,  measles,  mumps, rubella, haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib),
diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus,  varicella,  hepatitis  B,  pneumococcal
disease,  and the immunity of adults of the state against diseases iden-
tified by the commissioner, including  but  not  limited  to  influenza,
smallpox,  and  hepatitis.  The commissioner shall encourage the munici-
palities in the state to develop and shall assist them in  the  develop-
ment  and  the  execution  of local programs of inoculation to raise the
immunity of the children and adults of each municipality to the  highest
reasonable  level.  Such  programs  shall  include provision of vaccine,
surveillance of vaccine effectiveness  by  means  of  laboratory  tests,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01804-12-0

S. 4645--B                          2

serological  testing  of  individuals  and educational efforts to inform
health care providers and target populations or their parents,  if  they
are  minors,  of the facts relative to these diseases and inoculation to
prevent their occurrence.
  (B)  IN  CONNECTION  WITH  EFFORTS  TO  RAISE THE IMMUNITY OF CHILDREN
AGAINST INFLUENZA, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADMINISTER A PROGRAM OF INFLU-
ENZA EDUCATION TO THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN AGES SIX MONTHS  TO  EIGHTEEN
YEARS OF AGE WHO ATTEND LICENSED AND REGISTERED DAY CARE PROGRAMS, NURS-
ERY  SCHOOLS,  PRE-KINDERGARTEN,  KINDERGARTEN,  SCHOOL  AGE  CHILD CARE
PROGRAMS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR NON-PUBLIC  SCHOOLS.    SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL
INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON INFLUENZA AND THE BENEFITS OF INFLUENZA
IMMUNIZATIONS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE IN ANTIC-
IPATION  OF TIMES OF HIGHEST RISK FOR CONTRACTION OF INFLUENZA AS DETER-
MINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND  FAMILY  SERVICES,
THE  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND MENTAL HYGIENE SHALL, AS PART OF THEIR  ROUTINE  NOTIFICATION  PROC-
ESSES,  NOTIFY  LICENSED  AND  REGISTERED  DAY  CARE  PROGRAMS,  NURSERY
SCHOOLS, PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS, KINDERGARTEN  PROGRAMS,  SCHOOL  AGE
CHILD  CARE  PROGRAMS,  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS  AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT THE
INFORMATION REGARDING IMMUNIZATIONS FOR INFLUENZA IS FREE AND ACCESSIBLE
ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE POSTED IN SUCH
LICENSED AND REGISTERED DAY CARE PROGRAMS, NURSERY SCHOOLS,  PRE-KINDER-
GARTENS,  KINDERGARTENS,  SCHOOL AGE CHILD CARE PROGRAMS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PLAIN VIEW IN ANTICIPATION OF  SUCH  TIMES  OF
HIGHEST  RISK  FOR CONTRACTION OF INFLUENZA AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER.
  (C) The commissioner shall invite and encourage the active  assistance
and cooperation in such education activities of:  the medical societies,
organizations  of  other  licensed  health  personnel, hospitals, corpo-
rations subject to article  forty-three  of  the  insurance  law,  trade
unions, trade associations, parents and teachers and their associations,
ORGANIZATIONS OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCIES, the media of
mass communication, and such other voluntary groups and organizations of
citizens as he or she shall deem appropriate. The public health council,
the  department  of  education, the department of family assistance, and
the department of mental hygiene shall  provide  the  commissioner  with
such  assistance in carrying out the program as he or she shall request.
All other state agencies  shall  also  render  such  assistance  as  the
commissioner  may  reasonably  require for this program. Nothing in this
subdivision shall authorize mandatory immunization of  adults  or  chil-
dren,  except  as provided in sections twenty-one hundred sixty-four and
twenty-one hundred sixty-five of this chapter.
  S 2. This act shall take effect April 20, 2011.  Effective  immediate-
ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
effective date.

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Senate Bill S4645

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Velmanette Montgomery

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A775 - Signed by Governor

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