Assembly Bill A6359

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the "philosophical exemption to immunizations act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A6359 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3934
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง2164 & 2165, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2337
2011-2012: S1331
2015-2016: A943, S1536

2013-A6359 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "philosophical exemption to immunizations act" in order to establish an exemption to mandatory immunizations.

2013-A6359 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6359

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 26, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to enacting the
  "philosophical exemption to immunizations act"

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "philosoph-
ical exemption to immunizations act".
  S  2.  Subdivision  6  of  section  2164  of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 189 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  6.  In  the  event that a person in parental relation to a child makes
application for admission of such child to  a  school  or  has  a  child
attending  school  and  there  exists no certificate or other acceptable
evidence of  the  child's  immunization  against  poliomyelitis,  mumps,
measles,  diphtheria,  rubella, varicella, hepatitis B, pertussis, teta-
nus, and, where applicable, Haemophilus  influenzae  type  b  (Hib)  and
pneumococcal  disease, the principal, teacher, owner or person in charge
of the school shall inform such person of  the  necessity  to  have  the
child  immunized,  that  such  immunization  may  be administered by any
health practitioner, or that the child may be immunized  without  charge
by  the  health  officer  in the county where the child resides, if such
person executes a consent therefor  AND  PROVIDE  A  FORM  CITING  OTHER
OPTIONS  OF COMPLIANCE AS NOTED IN THIS SECTION.  In the event that such
person does not wish to select a health practitioner to  administer  the
immunization,  [he  or  she  shall  be  provided  with a form which] THE
PROVIDED FORM shall give notice that as a prerequisite to processing the
application for admission to, or for continued attendance at, the school
such person shall state a valid reason for withholding consent, OR CHECK
A FIXED STATEMENT PRE-PRINTED ON THE FORM INDICATING HIS OR HER PERSONAL
OBJECTION TO IMMUNIZATIONS, MEDICAL TESTING AND  TREATMENTS  or  consent

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07336-01-3
              

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