Bill Text: NY A02841 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires employees at children's overnight camps, summer day camps and traveling summer day camps to receive immunizations that have been recommended by the department of health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to health [A02841 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02841-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2841 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 25, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, JAFFEE, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to immunization requirements for certain camp employees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1394 of the public health law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring 4 each children's overnight camp, summer day camp and traveling summer day 5 camp to ensure that employees working at such camps be immunized against 6 mumps, measles, rubella, diphtheria, varicella, pertussis and tetanus. 7 This subdivision shall not apply to employees who hold genuine and 8 sincere religious beliefs which are contrary to the practices required 9 by this subdivision. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01093-01-9
