Assembly Bill A6209

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of health to establish at least one state-operated COVID-19 vaccination site in certain counties outside of the city of New York

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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-A6209 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5295
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Health

2021-A6209 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of health to establish at least one state-operated COVID-19 vaccination site in counties outside of the city of New York with a population of at least 300,000; provides that such site shall be open and operational with hours of operation, staffing levels and other resources necessary to ensure that such site operates in a substantially similar manner to other state-operated COVID-19 vaccination sites.

2021-A6209 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6209
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI, LAWLER, BRABENEC -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT in relation to requiring the commissioner of health to  establish
   at least one state-operated COVID-19 vaccination site in certain coun-
   ties outside of the city of New York

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Within 30 days of the  effective  date  of  this  act,  the
 commissioner  of  health  shall create and implement a program to ensure
 that in counties with a population of at least  300,000,  determined  in
 accordance with the latest decennial federal census, and located outside
 of  a city with a population of one million or more, at least one state-
 operated COVID-19 vaccination site is open and operational with hours of
 operation, staffing levels and any other resources necessary  to  ensure
 that  such  site  operates  in  a  substantially similar manner to other
 state-operated COVID-19 vaccination sites currently in operation.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10021-03-1

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