NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6279A

Senate Bill S6279A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring children enrolled in an overnight, children's non-regulated, summer day, or travelling camp to be vaccinated

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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to health
Jun 05, 2019	print number 6279a
Jun 05, 2019	amend (t) and recommit to rules
Jun 03, 2019	referred to rules

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A (Active)

2019-S6279 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1392 & 1394, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S4249
2023-2024: S2726

2019-S6279 - Summary

Requires children enrolled in an overnight, children's non-regulated, summer day, or travelling camp to be vaccinated against a specified list of diseases.

2019-S6279 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6279

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
requiring children enrolled in an overnight, summer day, or travelling
camp to be vaccinated

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would require that any child attending an overnight, summer
day or travelling camp be up to date on their vaccinations; excluding
those with a compromising medical condition

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 states that Each children's overnight, summer day, and travel-
ling summer day camp shall ensure that every child enrolled at such camp
has been administered an adequate dose or doses of an immunizing agent
against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, diphtheria, rubella, varicella,
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), pertussis, tetanus, pneumococcal
disease, and hepatitis B, which meets the standards approved by the

United States public health service for such biological products.

If any health care practitioner, as defined in section twenty-one
hundred sixty-four of this chapter, certifies that such immunization may
be detrimental to a child's health, the requirements of this subdivision
shall be inapplicable until such immunization is found no longer to be
detrimental to such child's health.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The New York State Department of Health code requires camps to maintain
immunization records for all campers, which are then regularly reviewed
by local health departments.

However, there is not vaccination requirement for camp admission to
camp. Currently, individual camps must decide if any vaccines are
required and what specifically those vaccines would be.

This legislation would require vaccinations of children attending camp
in New York State with the exception of a child where the vaccination
could be life-threatening.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Legislation.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect October 1, 2019.

2019-S6279 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6279
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 3, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring children
   enrolled in an overnight, summer day, or travelling camp to be  vacci-
   nated

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1394 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  EACH  CHILDREN'S  OVERNIGHT, SUMMER DAY, AND TRAVELLING SUMMER DAY
 CAMP SHALL ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD ENROLLED AT SUCH CAMP HAS BEEN ADMIN-
 ISTERED AN ADEQUATE DOSE OR DOSES OF AN IMMUNIZING AGENT AGAINST POLIOM-
 YELITIS, MUMPS, MEASLES,  DIPHTHERIA,  RUBELLA,  VARICELLA,  HAEMOPHILUS
 INFLUENZAE  TYPE  B (HIB), PERTUSSIS, TETANUS, PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE, AND
 HEPATITIS B, WHICH MEETS THE STANDARDS APPROVED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES
 PUBLIC  HEALTH  SERVICE  FOR  SUCH  BIOLOGICAL  PRODUCTS,  AND  WHICH IS
 APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS AS MAY BE SPECIFIED  BY
 THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH COUNCIL. IF ANY HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER, AS DEFINED
 IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER, CERTIFIES THAT
 SUCH IMMUNIZATION MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO A CHILD'S HEALTH,  THE  REQUIRE-
 MENTS  OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE INAPPLICABLE UNTIL SUCH IMMUNIZATION
 IS FOUND NO LONGER TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO SUCH CHILD'S HEALTH. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS SHALL BE NECESSARY
 TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2019.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13139-02-9

2019-S6279A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1392 & 1394, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S4249
2023-2024: S2726

2019-S6279A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires children enrolled in an overnight, children's non-regulated, summer day, or travelling camp to be vaccinated against a specified list of diseases.

2019-S6279A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6279A

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
requiring children enrolled in an overnight, children's non-regulated,
summer day, or travelling camp to be vaccinated

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill would require that any child attending an overnight, summer
day, travelling summer day or children's non-regulated camp be up to
date on their vaccinations; excluding those with a compromising medical
condition

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 defines children's non-regulated camp

Section 2 states that Each children's overnight, children's non-regulat-
ed, summer day, and travelling summer day camp shall ensure that every
child enrolled at such camp has been administered an adequate dose or

doses of an immunizing agent against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles,
diphtheria, rubella, varicella, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib),
pertussis, tetanus, pneumococcal disease, and hepatitis B, which meets
the standards approved by the United States public health service for
such biological products.

If any health care practitioner, as defined in section twenty-one
hundred sixty-four of this chapter, certifies that such immunization may
be detrimental to a child's health, the requirements of this subdivision
shall be inapplicable until such immunization is found no longer to be
detrimental to such child's health.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The New York State Department of Health code requires many camps to
maintain immunization records for all campers, which are then regularly
reviewed by local health departments.

However, there is not vaccination requirements for admission to camp.
Currently, individual camps must decide if any vaccines are required and
what specifically those vaccines would be.

This legislation would require vaccinations of children attending camp
in New York State with the exception of a child with a medical
exemption.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Legislation.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect October 1, 2019.

2019-S6279A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6279--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 3, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring children
   enrolled  in  an  overnight,  children's non-regulated, summer day, or
   travelling camp to be vaccinated
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 1392 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A. "CHILDREN'S NON-REGULATED CAMP" SHALL MEAN A PROPERTY  CONSISTING
 OF  A  TRACT  OF LAND AND ANY TENTS, VEHICLES, BUILDINGS OR OTHER STRUC-
 TURES THAT MAY BE PERTINENT TO ITS USE, ANY PART OF WHICH MAY  BE  OCCU-
 PIED  ON  A  SCHEDULED BASIS BY PERSONS UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE UNDER
 GENERAL SUPERVISION FOR THE PURPOSE OF INDOOR OR OUTDOOR ORGANIZED GROUP
 ACTIVITIES, INVOLVING PASSIVE AND  NONPASSIVE  RECREATIONAL  ACTIVITIES,
 WHICH ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2. Section 1394 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. EACH CHILDREN'S OVERNIGHT, CHILDREN'S  NON-REGULATED,  SUMMER  DAY,
 AND TRAVELLING SUMMER DAY CAMP SHALL ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD ENROLLED AT
 SUCH CAMP HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED AN ADEQUATE DOSE OR DOSES OF AN IMMUNIZ-
 ING  AGENT  AGAINST  POLIOMYELITIS, MUMPS, MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, RUBELLA,
 VARICELLA, HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE  TYPE  B  (HIB),  PERTUSSIS,  TETANUS,
 PNEUMOCOCCAL  DISEASE,  AND  HEPATITIS  B,  WHICH  MEETS  THE  STANDARDS
 APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOR SUCH  BIOLOGICAL
 PRODUCTS,  AND WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS
 AS MAY BE SPECIFIED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH COUNCIL.  IF  ANY  HEALTH  CARE
 PRACTITIONER,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR OF
 THIS CHAPTER, CERTIFIES THAT SUCH IMMUNIZATION MAY BE DETRIMENTAL  TO  A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD13139-05-9

 S. 6279--A                          2
 
 CHILD'S HEALTH, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE INAPPLICA-
 BLE UNTIL SUCH IMMUNIZATION IS FOUND NO LONGER TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO SUCH
 CHILD'S  HEALTH.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS AS SHALL BE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2019.

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