Bill Text: NY S06495 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6495 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires immunization of certain post-secondary students for COVID-19.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S06495 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06495-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6495

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 3, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
          immunization of certain post-secondary students against COVID-19

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 2165 of the public health law  is
     2  renumbered  subdivision 12 and subdivision 1, as added by chapter 405 of
     3  the laws of 1989, paragraph b as amended by chapter 325 of the  laws  of
     4  1991, is amended to read as follows:
     5    1. As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise:
     6    a. The term "institution" means a college as defined in section two of
     7  the education law.
     8    b. The term "student" means any person born on or after January first,
     9  nineteen  hundred  fifty-seven,  who  is registered to attend or attends
    10  classes at an institution, whether full-time  or  part-time.  "Part-time
    11  student"  shall mean a student who is enrolled for at least six but less
    12  than twelve semester hours, or the equivalent per semester or  at  least
    13  four but less than eight semester hours per quarter at an institution.
    14    c.  The  term "health practitioner" means any person authorized by law
    15  to administer an immunization.
    16    d. The term "immunization" means an  adequate  dose  or  doses  of  an
    17  immunizing  agent  against  measles,  mumps [and], rubella and the novel
    18  coronavirus (COVID-19) which meets the standards approved by the  United
    19  States  public health service for such biological products, and which is
    20  approved by the state department of health under such conditions as  may
    21  be specified by the public health council.
    22    §  2. This act shall take effect thirty days following the date of the
    23  issuance of a biologics license for an immunizing agent against COVID-19
    24  by the United States Food and  Drug  Administration  provided  that  the
    25  provisions  contained in this act are in accordance with recommendations

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10822-04-1
        S. 6495                             2

     1  issued by the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on  Immuni-
     2  zation  Practices.  The commissioner of health shall notify the legisla-
     3  tive bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of  such  approval  in
     4  order  that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective
     5  data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New  York  in
     6  furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legisla-
     7  tive  law  and  section 70-b of the public officers law. Effective imme-
     8  diately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation
     9  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
    10  authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.