Senate Bill S4962

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Gives schools improved access to the statewide immunization database

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A5062 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S4962 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5062
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2168, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S8605, A10773

2021-S4962 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Gives schools improved access to the statewide immunization database.

2021-S4962 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4962 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4962
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. REICHLIN-MELNICK, O'MARA -- 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  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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