New York S 10279: Relates to the publication of immunization information

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S10279 Summary:

BILL NOS10279 

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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Amd §2164, add §2169-a, Pub Health L

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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.

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BILL NOS10279 

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05/11/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10279

 IN SENATE

 May 11, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 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.
 24 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2169-a
 25 to read as follows:
 26 § 2169-a. Publication of immunization information. 1. The department
 27 shall prominently make available on its website information regarding
 28 compliance with the requirements of section twenty-one hundred sixty-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01720-03-6

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 1 four of this title by schools in this state, including, but not limited
 2 to:
 3 (a) a searchable database of information regarding each school's
 4 compliance with the requirements of section twenty-one hundred sixty-
 5 four of this title, including, but not limited to the information
 6 contained in the summary of compliance required pursuant to subdivision
 7 eleven of section twenty-one hundred sixty-four of this title;
 8 (b) for each individual immunization series required by section twen-
 9 ty-one hundred sixty-four of this title, the number and percentage of
 10 children admitted to a school in this state that are:
 11 (i) fully immunized;
 12 (ii) not fully immunized; and
 13 (iii) exempt, pursuant to subdivision eight of such section, from such
 14 immunization series;
 15 (c) the overall number and percentage of children admitted to a school
 16 in this state that are:
 17 (i) fully immunized for all immunization series required by section
 18 twenty-one hundred sixty-four of this title;
 19 (ii) not fully immunized for one or more immunization series required
 20 by section twenty-one hundred sixty-four of this title; and
 21 (iii) exempt, pursuant to subdivision eight of section twenty-one
 22 hundred sixty-four of this title, from one or more immunization series
 23 required by such section;
 24 (d) an analysis of statewide trends in immunization rates and
 25 exemptions over time;
 26 (e) an analysis ident