Bill Text: NY A06847 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to adult vaccination reporting requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to health [A06847 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06847-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6847
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 21, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to adult immunization
          reporting requirements
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  3 of section 2168 of the
     2  public health law, as amended by chapter 420 of the  laws  of  2014,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (b)  (i)  Any  health  care  provider who administers any vaccine to a
     5  person nineteen years of age or older, [may]  shall  report[,  with  the
     6  consent  of the vaccinee,] all such immunizations to the department in a
     7  format prescribed by the commissioner within fourteen days  of  adminis-
     8  tration  of  such  immunizations.  Health  care  providers administering
     9  immunizations to persons nineteen years of age or older in the  city  of
    10  New  York  [may]  shall report[, with the consent of the vaccinee,] in a
    11  format prescribed by the city of New York  commissioner  of  health  and
    12  mental  hygiene,  all  such  immunizations  to the citywide immunization
    13  registry. The reporting by a health care provider of  administration  of
    14  an immunization to a person nineteen years of age or older to a regional
    15  health  information  organization  or  other health information exchange
    16  shall satisfy the reporting requirements in this section if such data is
    17  provided by the  regional  health  information  organization  or  health
    18  information  exchange  to the department or citywide immunization regis-
    19  try.
    20    (ii) A registered professional nurse, or a pharmacist who  administers
    21  a vaccine pursuant to subdivision two of section sixty-eight hundred one
    22  of  the education law, to a person nineteen years of age or older, shall
    23  report[, with the consent of the vaccinee,] all  such  immunizations  to
    24  the  department  in a format prescribed by the commissioner within four-
    25  teen days of administration of such  immunizations.  Registered  profes-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06807-05-9

        A. 6847                             2
     1  sional  nurses  or  pharmacists  administering immunizations pursuant to
     2  subdivision two of section sixty-eight hundred one of the education law,
     3  to persons nineteen years of age or older in the city of New York  shall
     4  report[,  with  the  consent of the vaccinee,] in a format prescribed by
     5  the city of New York commissioner of health and mental hygiene, all such
     6  immunizations to the citywide immunization registry. The reporting by  a
     7  registered  professional  nurse  or a pharmacist of administration of an
     8  immunization to a person nineteen years of age or older  to  a  regional
     9  health  information  organization  or  other health information exchange
    10  shall satisfy the reporting requirements in this section if such data is
    11  provided by the  regional  health  information  organization  or  health
    12  information  exchange  to the department or citywide immunization regis-
    13  try.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    15  have become a law.
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