Bill Text: NY S04244 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 4244 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Permits any child who is at least fourteen years of age to have administered to himself or herself, regardless of parental consent, certain immunizations required or recommended by law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04244 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4244--A
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 5, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sens. KRUEGER, BIAGGI, MYRIE, SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY, THOMAS
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  immunization  of
          children who are at least fourteen years of age
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  2167-a to read as follows:
     3    §  2167-a.  Administering  a  vaccine to a minor; consent. 1. A health
     4  care practitioner, acting within their lawful  scope  of  practice,  may
     5  administer immunizations required under this title to a person who is at
     6  least  fourteen  years  of  age  without the consent or knowledge of the
     7  parents or guardian of said person, if the minor has capacity to consent
     8  and consents to the immunizations.
     9    2. Prior to administering any immunization  under  this  section,  the
    10  health  care  practitioner  shall  consult with and counsel the minor to
    11  ensure that the minor fully understands and appreciates the  nature  and
    12  consequences of receiving the immunization, has the capacity to consent,
    13  and  that the immunization is not contraindicated by the minor's medical
    14  history.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10357-02-9