Bill Text: NY A02900 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2900 (Prior Session Legislation)

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) 2020-01-08 - referred to higher education [A02900 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02900-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2900
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  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 22 of section 6802 of the education law,  as  amended
    14  by section 2 of part DD of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to
    15  read as follows:
    16    22.  "Administer",  for the purpose of section sixty-eight hundred one
    17  of this article, means:
    18    a. the direct application of an immunizing agent to adults, whether by
    19  injection, ingestion, inhalation or  any  other  means,  pursuant  to  a
    20  patient  specific  order  or  non-patient specific regimen prescribed or
    21  ordered by a physician or certified nurse practitioner, who has a  prac-
    22  tice site in the county or adjoining county in which the immunization is
    23  administered,  for  immunizations  to  prevent  influenza, pneumococcal,
    24  acute herpes zoster, hepatitis A, hepatitis B,  meningococcal,  tetanus,
    25  diphtheria  or  pertussis disease and medications required for emergency
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03797-01-9

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     1  treatment of anaphylaxis. If the commissioner of health determines  that
     2  there is an outbreak of disease, or that there is the imminent threat of
     3  an  outbreak  of  disease,  then  the commissioner of health may issue a
     4  non-patient specific regimen applicable statewide.
     5    b.  the  direct application of an immunizing agent to children between
     6  the ages of two and eighteen years of age, whether by injection,  inges-
     7  tion,  inhalation  or  any  other  means, pursuant to a patient specific
     8  order or non-patient specific regimen prescribed or ordered by a  physi-
     9  cian  or  certified  nurse  practitioner, who has a practice site in the
    10  county or adjoining county in which the  immunization  is  administered,
    11  for immunization to prevent influenza and medications required for emer-
    12  gency  treatment of anaphylaxis resulting from such immunization. If the
    13  commissioner of health determines that there is an outbreak of  influen-
    14  za,  or  that  there is the imminent threat of an outbreak of influenza,
    15  then the commissioner of health may issue a non-patient specific regimen
    16  applicable statewide.
    17    § 3. Subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the education law, as amended by
    18  chapter 46 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
    19    7. A certified nurse practitioner may prescribe and  order  a  patient
    20  specific order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist,
    21  pursuant  to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent
    22  with the public health law, for administering immunizations  to  prevent
    23  influenza,  pneumococcal, acute herpes zoster, hepatitis A, hepatitis B,
    24  meningococcal, tetanus, diphtheria or pertussis disease and  medications
    25  required  for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis. Nothing in this subdi-
    26  vision shall authorize unlicensed persons to  administer  immunizations,
    27  vaccines or other drugs.
    28    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that:
    29    (a)  the  amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6527 of the education
    30  law made by section one of this act shall not affect the  expiration  of
    31  such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith;
    32    (b)  the amendments to subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education
    33  law made by section two of this act shall not affect the  expiration  of
    34  such  subdivision  pursuant  to  section 8 of chapter 563 of the laws of
    35  2008, as amended, and shall be deemed repealed therewith; and
    36    (c) the amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6909 of  the  education
    37  law,  made  by section three of this act shall not affect the expiration
    38  of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith.