STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6736

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 29, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the falsifica-
          tion 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 penal law is amended by adding two new sections  170.80
     2  and 170.85 to read as follows:
     3  § 170.80 Forgery of a COVID-19 vaccination record card.
     4    A person is guilty of forgery of a COVID-19 record card when he or she
     5  knowingly:
     6    (1) destroys, covers, defaces, alters or otherwise changes the form or
     7  appearance of a COVID-19 record card; or
     8    (2)  with  intent to defraud, produces or reproduces a COVID-19 record
     9  card.
    10    For the purposes of  this  section,  the  term  "COVID-19  vaccination
    11  record  card"  means  a card or record given to an individual after they
    12  have received a COVID-19 vaccine which keeps track of vital  vaccination
    13  information, including, but not limited to, the date when the first and,
    14  if  applicable,  second  dose  of  the vaccine were administered to such
    15  individual, the product name or  manufacturer  and  lot  number  of  the
    16  vaccine, and the healthcare professional or clinic site.
    17    Forgery  of  a COVID-19 vaccination record card is a class A misdemea-
    18  nor.
    19  § 170.85 Fraudulent making of COVID-19 vaccination records.
    20    A person is  guilty  of  fraudulent  making  of  COVID-19  vaccination
    21  records  when,  with intent to defraud, deceive or injure another, he or
    22  she falsely makes, completes or alters two or more COVID-19  vaccination
    23  records.
    24    For  the  purposes  of  this  section,  the term "COVID-19 vaccination
    25  record card" means a card or record given to an  individual  after  they

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10622-01-1
        A. 6736                             2

     1  have  received a COVID-19 vaccine which keeps track of vital vaccination
     2  information, including, but not limited to, the date when the first and,
     3  if applicable, second dose of the  vaccine  were  administered  to  such
     4  individual,  the  product  name  or  manufacturer  and lot number of the
     5  vaccine, and the healthcare professional or clinic site.
     6    Fraudulent making of COVID-19 vaccination records is a class D felony.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.