Bill Text: NY S08417 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the immunization of certain post-secondary students against hepatitis B.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-29 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S08417 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08417-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8417

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 29, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  requiring  the
          immunization of certain post-secondary students against hepatitis B

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 2165 of the  public
     2  health  law,  as added by chapter 405 of the laws of 1989, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    d. The term "immunization" means an  adequate  dose  or  doses  of  an
     5  immunizing  agent  against measles, mumps [and], rubella and hepatitis B
     6  which meets the standards approved by the United  States  public  health
     7  service for such biological products, and which is approved by the state
     8  department  of  health  under such conditions as may be specified by the
     9  public health council.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    11  the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
    12  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    13  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
    14  to be made and completed on or before such date.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11928-01-3