Bill Text: NY A00867 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes pharmacists and certified nurse practitioners to provide hepatitis A and hepatitis B immunizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to higher education [A00867 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A00867-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 867 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to pharmacist immuniza- tions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 6527 of the education law, as 2 amended by chapter 46 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 7. A licensed physician may prescribe and order a patient specific 5 order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist, pursuant 6 to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with the 7 public health law, for administering immunizations to prevent influenza, 8 pneumococcal, acute herpes zoster, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, meningococ- 9 cal, tetanus, diphtheria or pertussis disease and medications required 10 for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis. Nothing in this subdivision 11 shall authorize unlicensed persons to administer immunizations, vaccines 12 or other drugs. 13 § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 6527 of the education law, as amended 14 by chapter 110 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 15 7. A licensed physician may prescribe and order a patient specific 16 order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist, pursuant 17 to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with the 18 public health law, for administering immunizations to prevent influenza, 19 pneumococcal, acute herpes zoster, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, meningococ- 20 cal, tetanus, diphtheria, COVID-19, or pertussis disease and medications 21 required for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis. Nothing in this subdi- 22 vision shall authorize unlicensed persons to administer immunizations, 23 vaccines or other drugs. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00781-01-1A. 867 2 1 § 3. Subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education law, as amended 2 by section 2 of part DD of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 22. "Administer", for the purpose of section sixty-eight hundred one 5 of this article, means: 6 a. the direct application of an immunizing agent to adults, whether by 7 injection, ingestion, inhalation or any other means, pursuant to a 8 patient specific order or non-patient specific regimen prescribed or 9 ordered by a physician or certified nurse practitioner, who has a prac- 10 tice site in the county or adjoining county in which the immunization is 11 administered, for immunizations to prevent influenza, pneumococcal, 12 acute herpes zoster, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, meningococcal, tetanus, 13 diphtheria or pertussis disease and medications required for emergency 14 treatment of anaphylaxis. If the commissioner of health determines that 15 there is an outbreak of disease, or that there is the imminent threat of 16 an outbreak of disease, then the commissioner of health may issue a 17 non-patient specific regimen applicable statewide. 18 b. the direct application of an immunizing agent to children between 19 the ages of two and eighteen years of age, whether by injection, inges- 20 tion, inhalation or any other means, pursuant to a patient specific 21 order or non-patient specific regimen prescribed or ordered by a physi- 22 cian or certified nurse practitioner, who has a practice site in the 23 county or adjoining county in which the immunization is administered, 24 for immunization to prevent influenza and medications required for emer- 25 gency treatment of anaphylaxis resulting from such immunization. If the 26 commissioner of health determines that there is an outbreak of influen- 27 za, or that there is the imminent threat of an outbreak of influenza, 28 then the commissioner of health may issue a non-patient specific regimen 29 applicable statewide. 30 § 4. Subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education law, as amended 31 by chapter 110 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 32 22. "Administer", for the purpose of section sixty-eight hundred one 33 of this article, means: 34 a. the direct application of an immunizing agent to adults, whether by 35 injection, ingestion, inhalation or any other means, pursuant to a 36 patient specific order or non-patient specific regimen prescribed or 37 ordered by a physician or certified nurse practitioner, who has a prac- 38 tice site in the county or adjoining county in which the immunization is 39 administered, for immunizations to prevent influenza, pneumococcal, 40 acute herpes zoster, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, meningococcal, tetanus, 41 diphtheria, COVID-19, or pertussis disease and medications required for 42 emergency treatment of anaphylaxis. If the commissioner of health deter- 43 mines that there is an outbreak of disease, or that there is the immi- 44 nent threat of an outbreak of disease, then the commissioner of health 45 may issue a non-patient specific regimen applicable statewide. 46 b. the direct application of an immunizing agent to children between 47 the ages of two and eighteen years of age, whether by injection, inges- 48 tion, inhalation or any other means, pursuant to a patient specific 49 order or non-patient specific regimen prescribed or ordered by a physi- 50 cian or certified nurse practitioner, who has a practice site in the 51 county or adjoining county in which the immunization is administered, 52 for immunization to prevent influenza and medications required for emer- 53 gency treatment of anaphylaxis resulting from such immunization. If the 54 commissioner of health determines that there is an outbreak of influen- 55 za, or that there is the imminent threat of an outbreak of influenza,A. 867 3 1 then the commissioner of health may issue a non-patient specific regimen 2 applicable statewide. 3 § 5. Subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the education law, as amended by 4 chapter 46 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: 5 7. A certified nurse practitioner may prescribe and order a patient 6 specific order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist, 7 pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent 8 with the public health law, for administering immunizations to prevent 9 influenza, pneumococcal, acute herpes zoster, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, 10 meningococcal, tetanus, diphtheria or pertussis disease and medications 11 required for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis. Nothing in this subdi- 12 vision shall authorize unlicensed persons to administer immunizations, 13 vaccines or other drugs. 14 § 6. Subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the education law, as amended by 15 chapter 110 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 16 7. A certified nurse practitioner may prescribe and order a patient 17 specific order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist, 18 pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent 19 with the public health law, for administering immunizations to prevent 20 influenza, pneumococcal, acute herpes zoster, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, 21 meningococcal, tetanus, diphtheria, COVID-19, or pertussis disease and 22 medications required for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis. Nothing in 23 this subdivision shall authorize unlicensed persons to administer immun- 24 izations, vaccines or other drugs. 25 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 26 sections two, four and six of this act shall take effect on the same 27 date and in the same manner as chapter 110 of the laws of 2020 takes 28 effect and shall expire and be deemed repealed pursuant to section four 29 of chapter 110 of the laws of 2020; and 30 (a) the amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6527 of the education 31 law made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of 32 such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith; 33 (b) the amendments to subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education 34 law made by section three of this act shall not affect the expiration of 35 such subdivision pursuant to section 8 of chapter 563 of the laws of 36 2008, as amended, and shall be deemed repealed therewith; and 37 (c) the amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the education 38 law, made by section five of this act shall not affect the expiration of 39 such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
