Bill Text: NY S04962 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Gives schools improved access to the statewide immunization database.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5062 [S04962 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04962-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4962

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 19, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. REICHLIN-MELNICK, O'MARA -- 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  giving  schools
          improved access to the statewide immunization database

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision  8  of
     2  section  2168  of the public health law, as amended by section 7 of part
     3  MM of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (i) schools for the  purpose  of  verifying  immunization  status  for
     5  eligibility  for  admission, for the purpose of confirming a student has
     6  been screened for lead when  enrolling  in  child  care,  pre-school  or
     7  kindergarten, and for the provision of appropriate educational materials
     8  developed  by the department pursuant to section thirteen hundred seven-
     9  ty-a of this chapter on the dangers of lead  exposure,  and  the  health
    10  risks associated with elevated blood lead levels to the parents or legal
    11  guardians of the student with an elevated blood lead level, as such term
    12  is  defined  in  subdivision  six of section thirteen hundred seventy of
    13  this chapter, as well as information on programs that may  be  available
    14  to  the  student  and  the  parents  or  legal guardians of the student,
    15  provided that, for every school that has applied for  and  been  granted
    16  access  to identifiable registrant information pursuant to this subdivi-
    17  sion, the department shall make available the capability to batch  down-
    18  load  sets  of  immunization  records of only those children under their
    19  administrative responsibility;
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08993-01-1