STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6564 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 12, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, BURKE, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to immunization of children who are at least fourteen years of age 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 is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 9-a to read as follows: 3 9-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a child who is at 4 least fourteen years of age shall have the right, regardless of the 5 consent from any person in parental relation to such child, and subject 6 to the applicable grade or comparable age level requirements, to have 7 administered to himself or herself an adequate dose or doses of the 8 immunizing agents, and the booster immunization and vaccine described in 9 subdivision two of this section. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10357-01-9