NY State Senate Bill 2017-S5554

Senate Bill S5554

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes pharmacists to administer immunizations to prevent influenza to persons six or older

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2017-S5554 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §6801, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S887, S4988

2017-S5554 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes pharmacists to administer immunizations to prevent influenza to persons 6 years of age or older.

2017-S5554 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5554          REVISED MEMO 04/13/2017

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
authorizing pharmacists to administer influenza immunizations to
persons six years of age or older

 PURPOSE :

Authorizes pharmacists to administer immunizations to prevent
influenza to persons six or older.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends section 6801 of the education law by adding a new
subdivision 6 to authorize pharmacists to administer immunizations to
prevent influenza to persons six or older.

Section 2 provides that the act shall take effect on the ninetieth day
after it shall have become law, and expire and be deemed repealed on
the same date the amendments to section 6801 of the education law
expire pursuant to section 8 of chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, as
amended.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

recommends the influenza vaccination for everyone aged six months and
older, the latest statistics reveal that only 58.9% of children under
17 years of age receive the vaccination annually.

Contributing to this low vaccination rate for children is current New
York State Law, which states that a licensed pharmacist may only
administer influenza vaccinations to individuals aged 18 years and
older. This bill would reduce the minimum age, allowing pharmacists to
administer the vaccine to children as young as six years-old.

Reducing this minimum age threshold will increase access to vaccines
and therefore raise the vaccination rate. Further, it will increase
access in rural areas of the state, where there is limited access to
physicians and health care, generally. This measure would make it far
easier for families to access immunizations, since pharmacists are
highly accessible health care professionals and have more flexible
hours of operation.

In addition, reducing the minimum age at which pharmacists may
immunize against influenza would put New York in line with the
majority of other states and the District of Columbia, which already
allow pharmacists to administer flu shots to children younger than 18
years-old.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New Bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law, and expire and be deemed repealed on the same date the
amendments to section 6801 of the education law expire pursuant to
section 8 of chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, as amended.

2017-S5554 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5554
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  authorizing  pharma-
   cists  to  administer  influenza immunizations to persons six years of
   age or older

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  6801 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. A LICENSED  PHARMACIST  MAY  ADMINISTER  IMMUNIZATIONS  TO  PREVENT
 INFLUENZA TO PERSONS SIX YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law, and shall expire and be deemed repealed on  the  same
 date the amendments to section 6801 of the education law expire pursuant
 to section 8 of chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, as amended.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10974-03-7

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