New York S 4536: Relates to requiring immunization information systems to record data on the number of vaccine exemptions reported by each health care provider

Status: REFERRED TO HEALTH (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 4536

Sponsors: James Skoufis, Brad Hoylman-Sigal

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S04536 Summary:

BILL NOS04536 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01336

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2168, Pub Health L

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Requires immunization information systems to record data on the number of vaccine exemptions reported by each health care provider.

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02/06/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4536

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 6, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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 immuni-
 zation information systems to record data on the number of vaccine
 exemptions reported by each health care provider

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 5 of section 2168 of the
 2 public health law, as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of 2019, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (f) The immunization status of children exempt from immunizations
 5 pursuant to subdivision eight of section twenty-one hundred sixty-four
 6 of this title shall be reported by the health care provider. Such
 7 reported information shall be entered into the statewide immunization
 8 information system and the New York city health department's citywide
 9 immunization registry by the department or, as appropriate, by the
 10 department of health and mental hygiene for the city of New York, in a
 11 manner that allows the commissioner and their designees to search and
 12 access the number of exemptions reported by each individual health care
 13 provider.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 15 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03195-01-5

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