Bill Text: NY S09351 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs that a school in which a student is attending or will attend shall accept a medical immunization exemption.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-17 - PRINT NUMBER 9351A [S09351 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09351-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9351--A

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 13, 2024
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        Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to a standardized form
          for medical exemption from required immunizations

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

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3205-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  3205-b.  Medical  immunization  exemption. 1. The school in which a
     4  student is attending or will attend shall accept a medical  immunization
     5  exemption  request  form containing the information pursuant to subdivi-
     6  sion two of this section.   The department or any  other  state  agency,
     7  board or commission shall not require any other condition or requirement
     8  for  the medical exemption to immunization or immunizations provided for
     9  in this section for school admission.
    10    2. The form accepted by the school shall contain the following  infor-
    11  mation:
    12    (a) Name(s) of parent, parents or guardian;
    13    (b) Name of child;
    14    (c) Student's birthdate;
    15    (d) Student's residential address;
    16    (e) School name and district;
    17    (f)  The  medical  reason,  diagnosis  and/or condition of which deems
    18  immunization detrimental to the student's health; and
    19    (g) The signature of a licensed physician,  physician's  assistant  or
    20  nurse  practitioner,  their  medical  license number and practice affil-
    21  iation declaring: I hereby certify that immunization against (poliomyel-
    22  itis,  mumps,  measles,  diptheria,  rubella,   varicella,   Haemophilus
    23  influenzae  type  b  (Hib),  pertussis,  tetanus,  pneumococcal disease,
    24  influenza, meningococcal disease and hepatitis B) may be detrimental  to
    25  the child's health. The date and signature of the physician, nurse prac-
    26  titioner or physician's assistant shall appear here. This certification,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15557-03-4
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     1  once  provided  to  the student's school, shall serve as an exemption to
     2  section 2164 of the public health law.
     3    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law.