Bill Text: NY A04539 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the department of health to provide written, public updates to the Draft New York State's COVID-19 Vaccination Program Plan.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to health [A04539 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04539-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4539--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 4, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
          as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT requiring the department of health  to  provide  written,  public
          updates  to  the  Draft  New York State's COVID-19 Vaccination Program
          Plan

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.    1.  The New York State Department of Health, in collab-
     2  oration with any other state agency  or  entity,  as  applicable,  shall
     3  update  the  Draft New York State's COVID-19 Vaccination Program Plan by
     4  providing a written plan that is posted on a publicly available  website
     5  by March 1, 2021 that specifies how the state will:
     6    (a)  Ensure  the  equitable  distribution  of  vaccine  to communities
     7  disproportionally impacted by COVID-19;
     8    (b) Issue anticipated guidance on phased tiers of vaccine  eligibility
     9  for the general public;
    10    (c)  Ensure  pharmacies,  hospitals,  health care providers, long-term
    11  care facilities, and other  non-state  operated  vaccine  administration
    12  sites will have an adequate supply of vaccinations and ensure timely and
    13  equitable administration of vaccinations;
    14    (d)  Determine  a  methodology  for  how vaccines will be allocated to
    15  long-term care facilities, health care providers, pharmacies,  hospitals
    16  and local government health departments;
    17    (e)  Coordinate with local governments and local health departments to
    18  ensure that adequate vaccines are available and are  being  administered
    19  in  an  equitable  manner  at  state  and non-state operated vaccination
    20  administration sites;
    21    (f) Coordinate with the Federal Government's Pharmacy Partnership  for
    22  Long-Term  Care  Program to ensure that residents and staff at long-term
    23  care facilities are receiving vaccines in a timely and equitable manner;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06233-03-1
        A. 4539--A                          2

     1    (g) Publicly report vaccine doses received by the state,  including  a
     2  distinction  for first and second doses, and doses administered, includ-
     3  ing a breakdown of first and second doses when applicable;
     4    (h)  Undertake  outreach  measures to educate residents on the vaccine
     5  distribution plan and the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine; and
     6    (i) Ensure information technology infrastructure that will be utilized
     7  for the public to schedule appointments, through a single  online-portal
     8  or  telephone hotline for vaccination administration with state operated
     9  vaccine administration sites, pharmacies, or their health  care  provid-
    10  ers.
    11    2.  Such  plan  shall  be  updated  and posted on a publicly available
    12  website on a weekly basis.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.