Bill Text: NY A06151 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Makes the falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records a crime as part of computer tampering in the third degree which is a class E felony.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to health [A06151 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A06151-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Makes the falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records a crime as part of computer tampering in the third degree which is a class E felony.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to health [A06151 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A06151-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6151 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 10, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 2183 to read as follows: 3 § 2183. Falsifying of COVID-19 vaccination records. 1. For purposes of 4 this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 (a) "COVID-19 vaccination record card" shall mean a card or record 6 given to an individual after they have received a COVID-19 vaccine which 7 keeps track of vital vaccination information, including, but not limited 8 to, the date in which the first and second dose of the vaccine were 9 administered to such individual and the type of vaccine received. 10 (b) "Digital vaccine passport" shall mean a system accessed through a 11 mobile application which provides certified COVID-19 health information 12 from medical facilities about an individual and is shared with airlines 13 and border authorities as a method of protecting public health when 14 traveling. 15 2. No individual shall intentionally falsify or alter a COVID-19 16 vaccination record card or digital vaccine passport to misrepresent such 17 individual's history and record of vaccine treatment. Such falsification 18 or fraudulent misrepresentation of an individual's vaccine history shall 19 be a crime pursuant to sections 190.90 and 190.91 of the penal law. 20 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections 190.90 and 21 190.91 to read as follows: 22 § 190.90 Falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records in the second 23 degree. 24 A person is guilty of falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records in 25 the second degree when such person is not a licensed medical profes- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07421-04-1A. 6151 2 1 sional and intentionally or knowingly falsifies or alters his or her or 2 another individual's COVID-19 vaccination record card or digital vaccine 3 passport to misrepresent his or her or another individual's history and 4 record of vaccine treatment. 5 Falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records in the second degree is 6 a class A misdemeanor. 7 § 190.91 Falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records in the first 8 degree. 9 A person is guilty of falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records in 10 the first degree when such person is a licensed medical professional and 11 intentionally or knowingly falsifies or alters his or her or another 12 individual's COVID-19 vaccination record card or digital vaccine pass- 13 port to misrepresent his or her or another individual's history and 14 record of vaccine treatment. 15 Falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records in the first degree is a 16 class E felony. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.