New York S 3200: Relates to mandatory influenza vaccine for persons attending daycare

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S03200 Summary:

BILL NOS03200 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRKRUEGER

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Amd §2164, Pub Health L

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Mandates influenza vaccine for children attending licensed daycare.

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3200

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER -- 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 mandatory influen-
 za vaccine for persons attending daycare

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

 1 Section 1. Section 2164 of the public health law, as amended by chap-
 2 ter 401 of the laws of 2015, subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 35 of
 3 the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 2164. Definitions; immunization against poliomyelitis, mumps,
 5 measles, diphtheria, rubella, varicella, Haemophilus influenzae type b
 6 (Hib), pertussis, tetanus, pneumococcal disease, meningococcal disease,
 7 influenza virus, and hepatitis B. 1. As used in this section, unless the
 8 context requires otherwise:
 9 a. The term "school" means and includes any public, private or paro-
 10 chial child caring center, day nursery, day care agency, nursery school,
 11 kindergarten, elementary, intermediate or secondary school.
 12 b. The term "child" shall mean and include any person between the ages
 13 of two months and eighteen years.
 14 c. The term "person in parental relation to a child" shall mean and
 15 include [his father or mother] the child's parents, by birth or
 16 adoption, [his] the child's parent legally appointed guardian, or [his]
 17 the child's parent custodian. A person shall be regarded as the custo-
 18 dian of a child if [he] such person has assumed the charge and care of
 19 the child because the parents or legally appointed guardian of the minor
 20 have died, are imprisoned, are mentally ill, or have been committed to
 21 an institution, or because they have abandoned or deserted such child or
 22 are living outside the state or their whereabouts are unknown, or have
 23 designated the person pursuant to title fifteen-A of article five of the
 24 general obligations law as a person in parental relation to the child.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06633-01-5

 S. 3200 2

 1 d. The term "health practitioner" shall mean any person authorized by
 2 law to administer an immunization.
 3 2. a. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state shall
 4 have administered to such child an adequate dose or doses of an immuniz-
 5 ing agent against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, diphtheria, rubella,
 6 varicella, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), pertussis, tetanus,
 7 pneumococcal disease, and hepatitis B, which meets the standards
 8 approved by the United States public health service for such biological
 9 products, and which is approved by the department under such conditions
 10 as may be specified by the public health council.
 11 b. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state born on
 12 or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-four and entering sixth
 13 grade or a comparable age level special education program with an unas-
 14 signed grade on or after September first, two thousand seven, shall have
 15 administered to such child a booster immunization containing diphtheria
 16 and tetanus toxoids, and an acellular pertussis vaccine, which meets the
 17 standards approved by the United States public health service for such
 18 biological products, and which is approved by the department under such
 19 conditions as may be specified by the public health council.
 20 c. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state entering
 21 or having entered seventh grade and twelfth grade or a