STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7214--A IN SENATE January 10, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MARTINEZ, BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring health care practitioners to provide patients with a list of ingredients contained in vaccines The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2166 of the public health law, as added by chapter 2 573 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 2166. Immunization; regulations; requirements. 1. The commissioner 4 may promulgate regulations with respect to immunization conducted by a 5 home care services agency licensed pursuant to section thirty-six 6 hundred five of this chapter or certified pursuant to section thirty-six 7 hundred eight of this chapter, facilities or institutions established 8 under article twenty-eight of this chapter, and other health care 9 providers and practitioners, including, but not limited to, standards 10 for the quality of care and services provided, consistent with the 11 education law. 12 2. Every health care provider who administers immunizations shall 13 provide the patient or a person in parental relation to the patient with 14 a list of ingredients contained in such vaccine, as provided by the 15 manufacturer, at least five days in advance of such immunization. The 16 health care provider shall send the information to the patient via elec- 17 tronic transmission or mail upon the appointment being set. In the event 18 that the patient sets the appointment within five days of the appoint- 19 ment date, the patient may be provided with the written information the 20 day of the appointment. Every health care provider who administers 21 immunizations shall inform the recipient of the vaccine or the person in 22 parental relation to the patient about vaccine safety, benefits, poten- 23 tial adverse effects, information provided by the federal Centers for 24 Disease Control regarding persons who should not be vaccinated and state 25 law allowing medical exemptions from vaccinations for children attending 26 school. 27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14447-04-0