Assembly Bill A5062

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Gives schools improved access to the statewide immunization database

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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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2021-A5062 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4962
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2168, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10773, S8605

2021-A5062 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Gives schools improved access to the statewide immunization database.

2021-A5062 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5062
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to giving schools
   improved access to the statewide immunization database
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (d) of subdivision 8 of
 section 2168 of the public health law, as amended by section 7  of  part
 MM of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  schools  for  the  purpose  of  verifying immunization status for
 eligibility for admission, for the purpose of confirming a  student  has
 been  screened  for  lead  when  enrolling  in child care, pre-school or
 kindergarten, and for the provision of appropriate educational materials
 developed by the department pursuant to section thirteen hundred  seven-
 ty-a  of  this  chapter  on the dangers of lead exposure, and the health
 risks associated with elevated blood lead levels to the parents or legal
 guardians of the student with an elevated blood lead level, as such term
 is defined in subdivision six of section  thirteen  hundred  seventy  of
 this  chapter,  as well as information on programs that may be available
 to the student and the  parents  or  legal  guardians  of  the  student,
 PROVIDED  THAT,  FOR  EVERY SCHOOL THAT HAS APPLIED FOR AND BEEN GRANTED
 ACCESS TO IDENTIFIABLE REGISTRANT INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION,  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE THE CAPABILITY TO BATCH DOWN-
 LOAD SETS OF IMMUNIZATION RECORDS OF ONLY  THOSE  CHILDREN  UNDER  THEIR
 ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08993-01-1

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