New York S 3964: Relates to including rescue inhaler prescriptions for asthma and other chronic respiratory diseases for individuals under age nineteen in the statewide immunization information system

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S03964 Summary:

BILL NOS03964A

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SAME ASSAME AS A05194-B

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRBAILEY, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2168, Pub Health L

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Relates to including rescue inhaler prescriptions for asthma and other chronic respiratory diseases for individuals under age nineteen in the statewide immunization information system.

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BILL NOS03964A

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/21/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

04/21/2026PRINT NUMBER 3964A

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.973

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3964--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, BAILEY, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including rescue
 inhaler prescriptions for asthma and other chronic respiratory
 diseases for individuals under age nineteen in the statewide immuniza-
 tion information system

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 1, paragraphs (b),
 2 (c) and (d) of subdivision 2, paragraph (a) of subdivision 3, paragraphs
 3 (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 8, and subdivisions 10 and 11 of section
 4 2168 of the public health law, paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 1,
 5 paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 2, and subdivision 10 as
 6 amended by section 7 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2009, para-
 7 graph (a) of subdivision 3 as amended by section 2-a of part DD of chap-
 8 ter 57 of the laws of 2018, paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 8 and
 9 subdivision 11 as amended by chapter 829 of the laws of 2022, and para-
 10 graph (d) of subdivision 8 as amended by chapter 532 of the laws of 2022
 11 and subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) as separately amended by chapter
 12 44 of the laws of 2022, are amended and a new paragraph (i) of subdivi-
 13 sion 2 is added to read as follows:
 14 (a) collect reports of immunizations and thus reduce the incidence of
 15 illness, disability and death due to vaccine preventable diseases [and],
 16 collect results of blood lead analyses performed by physician office
 17 laboratories to provide to the statewide registry of lead levels of
 18 children established pursuant to section thirteen hundred seventy-a of
 19 this chapter, and collect reports of rescue inhaler prescriptions;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06591-04-6

 S. 3964--A 2

 1 (c) make available to an individual, or parents, guardians, or other
 2 person in a custodial relation to a child or, to local health districts,
 3 local social services districts responsible for the care and custody of
 4 children, health care providers and their designees, schools, WIC
 5 programs, and third party payers the immunization status of children,
 6 blood lead analysis report and any rescue inhaler prescription; and
 7 (b) The term "statewide immunization information system" or "system"
 8 shall mean a statewide-computerized database maintained by the depart-
 9 ment capable of collecting, storing, and disclosing the electronic and
 10 paper records of vaccinations received, blood lead analysis as defined
 11 in section thirteen hundred seventy-a of this chapter, and rescue inhal-
 12 er prescriptions by persons under nineteen years of age.
 13 (c) The term "citywide immunization registry" shall mean the computer-
 14 ized database maintained by the city of New York department of health
 15 and mental hygiene capable of collecting, storing, and disclosing the
 16 electronic and paper records of vaccinations received and