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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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