Senate Bill S4494

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to adult vaccination reporting requirements

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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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2019-S4494 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6847
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2168, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S75, A279
2023-2024: S1531, A7154

2019-S4494 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to adult vaccination reporting requirements.

2019-S4494 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4494 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4494
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 adult immunization
   reporting requirements
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  3 of section 2168 of the
 public health law, as amended by chapter 420 of the  laws  of  2014,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b)  (i)  Any  health  care  provider who administers any vaccine to a
 person nineteen years of age or older, [may]  SHALL  report[,  with  the
 consent  of the vaccinee,] all such immunizations to the department in a
 format prescribed by the commissioner within fourteen days  of  adminis-
 tration  of  such  immunizations.  Health  care  providers administering
 immunizations to persons nineteen years of age or older in the  city  of
 New  York  [may]  SHALL report[, with the consent of the vaccinee,] in a
 format prescribed by the city of New York  commissioner  of  health  and
 mental  hygiene,  all  such  immunizations  to the citywide immunization
 registry. THE REPORTING BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OF  ADMINISTRATION  OF
 AN IMMUNIZATION TO A PERSON NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO A REGIONAL
 HEALTH  INFORMATION  ORGANIZATION  OR  OTHER HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE
 SHALL SATISFY THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN THIS SECTION IF SUCH DATA IS
 PROVIDED BY THE  REGIONAL  HEALTH  INFORMATION  ORGANIZATION  OR  HEALTH
 INFORMATION  EXCHANGE  TO THE DEPARTMENT OR CITYWIDE IMMUNIZATION REGIS-
 TRY.
   (ii) A registered professional nurse, or a pharmacist who  administers
 a vaccine pursuant to subdivision two of section sixty-eight hundred one
 of  the education law, to a person nineteen years of age or older, shall
 report[, with the consent of the vaccinee,] all  such  immunizations  to
 the  department  in a format prescribed by the commissioner within four-
 teen days of administration of such  immunizations.  Registered  profes-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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