Bill Text: NY S04803 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Restricts the definition of "student" for purposes of immunization of post-secondary students: "student" does not include a graduate of a public, private or parochial secondary school that is located in New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2011-08-03 - VETOED MEMO.30 [S04803 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04803-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4803
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 25, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  immunization  of
         post-secondary students
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 2165 of the  public
    2  health law, as amended by chapter 325 of the laws of 1991, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    b. The term "student" means any person born on or after January first,
    5  nineteen  hundred  fifty-seven,  who  is registered to attend or attends
    6  classes at an institution, whether full-time  or  part-time.  "Part-time
    7  student"  shall mean a student who is enrolled for at least six but less
    8  than twelve semester hours, or the equivalent per semester or  at  least
    9  four  but  less than eight semester hours per quarter at an institution.
   10  THE FOREGOING NOTWITHSTANDING, THE TERM "STUDENT" SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  A
   11  GRADUATE  OF  A  PUBLIC,  PRIVATE  OR PAROCHIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL THAT IS
   12  LOCATED IN NEW YORK.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10941-01-1
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