Senate Bill S9550

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the eligibility of admitted persons age 50 or older in general hospitals to receive immunizations against influenza virus

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Current Bill Status Via A9886 - Delivered to 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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2023-S9550 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9886
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2805-h, Pub Health L

2023-S9550 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the eligibility of admitted persons age 50 or older in general hospitals to receive immunizations against influenza virus.

2023-S9550 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9550 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9550
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 increasing  eligi-
   bility  of  admitted  persons  in  general hospitals for immunizations
   against influenza virus
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 2805-h of the public health law,
 as added by chapter 266 of the laws of 2006 and the subdivision  heading
 as  amended  by  chapter 282 of the laws of 2009,  is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Immunizations against influenza FOR CERTAIN PERSONS FIFTY OR  OLDER
 and IMMUNIZATIONS AGAINST pneumococcal for certain persons sixty-five or
 older. (a) Annually between September first and April first, it shall be
 the duty of the administrative officer or other person in charge of each
 general hospital to offer each admitted person age [sixty-five] FIFTY or
 older  vaccination  against influenza virus. Such officer or person need
 not offer the vaccination to persons  who  have  already  received  such
 vaccine or for whom it is otherwise inappropriate.
   (b) It shall be the duty of the administrative officer or other person
 in  charge of each general hospital to offer vaccination against pneumo-
 coccal disease to each admitted person age sixty-five or  older  in  the
 hospital's  care.  Such officer or person need not offer the vaccination
 to people who have already received it, are not in need of a booster, or
 for whom it is otherwise inappropriate.
   (c) Each general hospital shall adopt an  influenza  and  pneumococcal
 immunization  policy  which  shall  include,  but not be limited to, the
 following: procedures for identifying persons age  FIFTY  OR  OLDER  FOR
 INFLUENZA,  sixty-five  or  older  FOR  PNEUMOCOCCAL  DISEASE and at the
 discretion of the facility other individuals at risk; procedures for the
 offering of immunization  against  influenza  virus  UPON  ADMISSION  OR
 DISCHARGE  TO  PERSONS  AGE  FIFTY OR OLDER, between September first and
 April first, and pneumococcal disease upon  admission  or  discharge  to
 persons  age  sixty-five or older; procedures for ensuring that individ-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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