Senate Bill S7202

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting private and parochial schools and day care centers from immunization requirements

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

  • 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-S7202 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8834
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2164, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3659, A5277
2023-2024: S1484, A6621

2019-S7202 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts private and parochial schools and day care centers from immunization requirements.

2019-S7202 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7202 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7202
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 exempting  private
   and  parochial schools and day care centers from immunization require-
   ments
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2164 of the public
 health law, as amended by chapter 401 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:
   a. The term "school" means and includes any public[, private or  paro-
 chial  child  caring  center,  day  nursery,  day  care  agency, nursery
 school,] PRE-KINDERGARTEN,  kindergarten,  elementary,  intermediate  or
 secondary school.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14180-01-9

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