Bill Text: NY A00837 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the publication of immunization information; requires schools to provide immunization information to the commissioner of health; requires the department of health to make immunization information, including rates of immunization, available on its website.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-08 - amended on third reading 837a [A00837 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00837-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         837--A
                                                                 Cal. No. 27

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DINOWITZ,  REYES,  SHIMSKY  -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Health -- ordered  to  a  third  reading,
          amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place on the order of
          third reading

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the publication of
          immunization information

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 2164 of the public health law, as
     2  amended  by  chapter  401  of  the  laws  of 2015, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    11. Every school shall annually provide  the  commissioner,  on  forms
     5  provided  by  the  commissioner, a summary regarding compliance with the
     6  provisions of this  section.  Nothing  herein  shall  prevent  a  school
     7  district  from providing such forms to the commissioner on behalf of the
     8  schools within its district.  Such summary shall identify, at minimum:
     9    a. for each individual immunization series required by  this  section,
    10  the number and percentage of children admitted to the school that are:
    11    (i) fully immunized;
    12    (ii) not fully immunized; and
    13    (iii) exempt, pursuant to subdivision eight of this section, from such
    14  immunization series;
    15    b.  the  overall  number  and  percentage  of children admitted to the
    16  school that are:
    17    (i) fully immunized for  all  immunization  series  required  by  this
    18  section;
    19    (ii)  not fully immunized for one or more immunization series required
    20  by this section; and
    21    (iii) exempt, pursuant to subdivision eight of this section, from  one
    22  or more immunization series required by this section; and
    23    c. any other information the commissioner shall require.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00721-03-4
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     1    §  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2169-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  2169-a.  Publication of immunization information. 1. The department
     4  shall prominently make available on its  website  information  regarding
     5  compliance  with  the  requirements of section twenty-one hundred sixty-
     6  four of this title by schools in this state, including, but not  limited
     7  to:
     8    (a)  a  searchable  database  of  information  regarding each school's
     9  compliance with the requirements of section  twenty-one  hundred  sixty-
    10  four  of  this  title,  including,  but  not  limited to the information
    11  contained in the summary of compliance required pursuant to  subdivision
    12  eleven of section twenty-one hundred sixty-four of this title;
    13    (b)  for each individual immunization series required by section twen-
    14  ty-one hundred sixty-four of this title, the number  and  percentage  of
    15  children admitted to a school in this state that are:
    16    (i) fully immunized;
    17    (ii) not fully immunized; and
    18    (iii) exempt, pursuant to subdivision eight of such section, from such
    19  immunization series;
    20    (c) the overall number and percentage of children admitted to a school
    21  in this state that are:
    22    (i)  fully  immunized  for all immunization series required by section
    23  twenty-one hundred sixty-four of this title;
    24    (ii) not fully immunized for one or more immunization series  required
    25  by section twenty-one hundred sixty-four of this title; and
    26    (iii)  exempt,  pursuant  to  subdivision  eight of section twenty-one
    27  hundred sixty-four of this title, from one or more  immunization  series
    28  required by such section;
    29    (d)  an  analysis  of  statewide  trends  in  immunization  rates  and
    30  exemptions over time;
    31    (e) an analysis  identifying  particular  schools,  school  districts,
    32  and/or  areas  of the state which have an immunization rate of less than
    33  ninety-five percent, or are otherwise vulnerable to the spread of commu-
    34  nicable diseases; and
    35    (f) any other information the department judges  to  be  pertinent  or
    36  necessary.
    37    2.  For  the  purposes of complying with the provisions of subdivision
    38  one of this section, the department shall ensure that the confidentiali-
    39  ty of individual identifying information is appropriately protected, and
    40  shall not publish such information in a manner that allows such informa-
    41  tion to be linked to an individual child, parent, guardian, or person in
    42  parental relationship to a child.
    43    § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.