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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 04, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S163
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S163 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§2164 & 2165, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S6443
2015-2016: S378
2019-2020: S477
2017-S163 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S163 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the medical exemption from mandatory immunizations for students PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To ensure that the professional judgment of a student's physician, physician's assistant or nurse practitioner will prevail concerning immunization of the student. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Provides that where a parent seeks a medical exemption from mandatory immunizations for a child, the professional assessment by the child's physician or nurse practitioner shall prevail. Section one of the bill makes clear that the intent of this bill is to recognize and defer to the professional judgment by appropriate medical personnel for medical exemptions to school immunization requirements. Section two amends subdivision 8 of section 2164 of the Public Health Law applying to medical exemptions for minors, to clarify that the
2017-S163 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 163 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 the medical exemption from mandatory immunizations for students THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The provisions of this act are not intended to detract from the public health purpose of school immunization legislation. This act is intended to ensure deference to the professional assessments of physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the care of their individual patients. § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 2164 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 401 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: 8. [If] UPON SUBMISSION OF A WRITTEN OPINION BY any physician, NURSE PRACTITIONER OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT licensed to practice [medicine] in this state [certifies] STATING that THE PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT BELIEVES such immunization OR IMMUNIZATIONS may be detrimental to a child's health, OR IS OTHERWISE CONTRAINDICATED FOR HEALTH REASONS, THE PHYSICIAN'S, NURSE PRACTITIONER'S OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT'S DETERMINATION SHALL PREVAIL AND the requirements of this section shall be inapplicable until THE CHILD'S PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTI- TIONER OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT FINDS such immunization OR IMMUNIZATIONS is [found] OR ARE no longer [to be] detrimental to the child's health OR IS OR ARE NO LONGER CONTRAINDICATED FOR HEALTH REASONS. § 3. Subdivision 8 of section 2165 of the public health law, as added by chapter 405 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows: 8. [If] UPON SUBMISSION OF A WRITTEN OPINION BY any licensed physician [or], nurse practitioner [certifies] OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STATING that THE PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT BELIEVES such EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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