Bill Text: NY A01811 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mandates influenza vaccine for children attending licensed daycare.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to health [A01811 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A01811-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1811 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to mandatory influen- za vaccine for persons attending daycare The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2164 of the public health law, as amended by chap- 2 ter 401 of the laws of 2015, subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 35 of 3 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 2164. Definitions; immunization against poliomyelitis, mumps, 5 measles, diphtheria, rubella, varicella, Haemophilus influenzae type b 6 (Hib), pertussis, tetanus, pneumococcal disease, meningococcal disease, 7 influenza virus, and hepatitis B. 1. As used in this section, unless the 8 context requires otherwise: 9 a. The term "school" means and includes any public, private or paro- 10 chial child caring center, day nursery, day care agency, nursery school, 11 kindergarten, elementary, intermediate or secondary school. 12 b. The term "child" shall mean and include any person between the ages 13 of two months and eighteen years. 14 c. The term "person in parental relation to a child" shall mean and 15 include his father or mother, by birth or adoption, his legally 16 appointed guardian, or his custodian. A person shall be regarded as the 17 custodian of a child if he has assumed the charge and care of the child 18 because the parents or legally appointed guardian of the minor have 19 died, are imprisoned, are mentally ill, or have been committed to an 20 institution, or because they have abandoned or deserted such child or 21 are living outside the state or their whereabouts are unknown, or have 22 designated the person pursuant to title fifteen-A of article five of the 23 general obligations law as a person in parental relation to the child. 24 d. The term "health practitioner" shall mean any person authorized by 25 law to administer an immunization. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00822-01-3A. 1811 2 1 2. a. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state shall 2 have administered to such child an adequate dose or doses of an immuniz- 3 ing agent against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, diphtheria, rubella, 4 varicella, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), pertussis, tetanus, 5 pneumococcal disease, and hepatitis B, which meets the standards 6 approved by the United States public health service for such biological 7 products, and which is approved by the department under such conditions 8 as may be specified by the public health council. 9 b. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state born on 10 or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-four and entering sixth 11 grade or a comparable age level special education program with an unas- 12 signed grade on or after September first, two thousand seven, shall have 13 administered to such child a booster immunization containing diphtheria 14 and tetanus toxoids, and an acellular pertussis vaccine, which meets the 15 standards approved by the United States public health service for such 16 biological products, and which is approved by the department under such 17 conditions as may be specified by the public health council. 18 c. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state entering 19 or having entered seventh grade and twelfth grade or a comparable age 20 level special education program with an unassigned grade on or after 21 September first, two thousand sixteen, shall have administered to such 22 child an adequate dose or doses of immunizing agents against meningococ- 23 cal disease as recommended by the advisory committee on immunization 24 practices of the centers for disease control and prevention, which meets 25 the standards approved by the United States public health service for 26 such biological products, and which is approved by the department under 27 such conditions as may be specified by the public health and planning 28 council. 29 d. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state entering 30 or having entered a licensed and registered child daycare home, program 31 or facility shall have administered to such child an adequate dose or 32 doses of immunizing agents against influenza virus as recommended by the 33 advisory committee on immunization practices of the centers for disease 34 control and prevention, which meets the standards approved by the United 35 States public health service for such biological products, and which is 36 approved by the department under such conditions as may be specified by 37 the public health and planning council. 38 3. The person in parental relation to any such child who has not 39 previously received such immunization shall present the child to a 40 health practitioner and request such health practitioner to administer 41 the necessary immunization against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, 42 diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), rubella, varicella, 43 pertussis, tetanus, pneumococcal disease, meningococcal disease, influ- 44 enza virus, and hepatitis B as provided in subdivision two of this 45 section. 46 4. If any person in parental relation to such child is unable to pay 47 for the services of a private health practitioner, such person shall 48 present such child to the health officer of the county in which the 49 child resides, who shall then administer the immunizing agent without 50 charge. 51 5. The health practitioner who administers such immunizing agent 52 against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, diphtheria, Haemophilus influen- 53 zae type b (Hib), rubella, varicella, pertussis, tetanus, pneumococcal 54 disease, meningococcal disease, influenza virus, and hepatitis B to any 55 such child shall give a certificate of such immunization to the person 56 in parental relation to such child.A. 1811 3 1 6. In the event that a person in parental relation to a child makes 2 application for admission of such child to a school or has a child 3 attending school and there exists no certificate or other acceptable 4 evidence of the child's immunization against poliomyelitis, mumps, 5 measles, diphtheria, rubella, varicella, hepatitis B, pertussis, teta- 6 nus, and, where applicable, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), menin- 7 gococcal disease, influenza virus, and pneumococcal disease, the princi- 8 pal, teacher, owner or person in charge of the school shall inform such 9 person of the necessity to have the child immunized, that such immuniza- 10 tion may be administered by any health practitioner, or that the child 11 may be immunized without charge by the health officer in the county 12 where the child resides, if such person executes a consent therefor. In 13 the event that such person does not wish to select a health practitioner 14 to administer the immunization, he or she shall be provided with a form 15 which shall give notice that as a prerequisite to processing the appli- 16 cation for admission to, or for continued attendance at, the school such 17 person shall state a valid reason for withholding consent or consent 18 shall be given for immunization to be administered by a health officer 19 in the public employ, or by a school physician or nurse. The form shall 20 provide for the execution of a consent by such person and it shall also 21 state that such person need not execute such consent if subdivision 22 eight of this section applies to such child. 23 7. (a) No principal, teacher, owner or person in charge of a school 24 shall permit any child to be admitted to such school, or to attend such 25 school, in excess of fourteen days, without the certificate provided for 26 in subdivision five of this section or some other acceptable evidence of 27 the child's immunization against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, diphthe- 28 ria, rubella, varicella, hepatitis B, pertussis, tetanus, and, where 29 applicable, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), meningococcal disease, 30 influenza virus, and pneumococcal disease; provided, however, such four- 31 teen day period may be extended to not more than thirty days for an 32 individual student by the appropriate principal, teacher, owner or other 33 person in charge where such student is transferring from out-of-state or 34 from another country and can show a good faith effort to get the neces- 35 sary certification or other evidence of immunization. 36 (b) A parent, a guardian or any other person in parental relationship 37 to a child denied school entrance or attendance may appeal by petition 38 to the commissioner of education in accordance with the provisions of 39 section three hundred ten of the education law. 40 8. If any physician licensed to practice medicine in this state certi- 41 fies that such immunization may be detrimental to a child's health, the 42 requirements of this section shall be inapplicable until such immuniza- 43 tion is found no longer to be detrimental to the child's health. 44 8-a. Whenever a child has been refused admission to, or continued 45 attendance at, a school as provided for in subdivision seven of this 46 section because there exists no certificate provided for in subdivision 47 five of this section or other acceptable evidence of the child's immuni- 48 zation against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, diphtheria, rubella, vari- 49 cella, hepatitis B, pertussis, tetanus, and, where applicable, Haemophi- 50 lus influenzae type b (Hib), meningococcal disease, influenza virus, and 51 pneumococcal disease, the principal, teacher, owner or person in charge 52 of the school shall: 53 a. forward a report of such exclusion and the name and address of such 54 child to the local health authority and to the person in parental 55 relation to the child together with a notification of the responsibilityA. 1811 4 1 of such person under subdivision two of this section and a form of 2 consent as prescribed by regulation of the commissioner, and 3 b. provide, with the cooperation of the appropriate local health 4 authority, for a time and place at which an immunizing agent or agents 5 shall be administered, as required by subdivision two of this section, 6 to a child for whom a consent has been obtained. Upon failure of a local 7 health authority to cooperate in arranging for a time and place at which 8 an immunizing agent or agents shall be administered as required by 9 subdivision two of this section, the commissioner shall arrange for such 10 administration and may recover the cost thereof from the amount of state 11 aid to which the local health authority would otherwise be entitled. 12 10. The commissioner may adopt and amend rules and regulations to 13 effectuate the provisions and purposes of this section. 14 11. Every school shall annually provide the commissioner, on forms 15 provided by the commissioner, a summary regarding compliance with the 16 provisions of this section. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 18 law.
