New York A 9077: Relates to eliminating the role of the federal centers for disease control and prevention from the determination of policies and practices in the state of New York

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A09077 Summary:

BILL NOA09077A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6527, 6909, 6802, 6801 & 2-d, add §6523-a, Ed L; amd Pub Health L, generally; add §208, St Ad Proc Act,
amd §§131, 365-a, 365-k & 366, Soc Serv L; amd §178, Civ Serv L; amd §930, Lab L; amd §§2611, 107, 3216,
3221, 4303, 4322 & 7813, Ins L; amd §36.04, Ment Hyg L; amd §§418, 532 & 756-a, Fam Ct Act; amd §11-c, Vol
Amb Wkr Ben L; amd §11-c, Vol Ffs Ben L; amd §169, Work Comp L

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Eliminates the role of the federal centers for disease control and prevention from the determination of policies and practices in the state of New York; directs the use of nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines and best practices.

Go to top A09077 Actions:

BILL NOA09077A

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09/12/2025referred to higher education

11/12/2025amend (t) and recommit to higher education

11/12/2025print number 9077a

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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Go to topA09077 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9077--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 September 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, the public health law, the social
 services law, the civil service law, the labor law, the insurance law,
 the mental hygiene law, the family court act, the volunteer ambulance
 workers' benefit law, the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, the
 workers' compensation law and the state administrative procedure act,
 in relation to the administration of immunizations and eliminating the
 role of the federal centers for disease control and prevention from
 the determination of policies and practices in the state of New York

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 6527 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 555 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 7. A licensed physician may prescribe and order a patient specific
 5 order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist, pursuant
 6 to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with the
 7 public health law, for: (a) administering immunizations to prevent
 8 influenza to patients two years of age or older; and (b) administering
 9 immunizations to prevent pneumococcal, acute herpes zoster, hepatitis A,
 10 hepatitis B, human papillomavirus, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella,
 11 COVID-19, meningococcal, tetanus, diphtheria or pertussis disease and
 12 medications required for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis to patients
 13 eighteen years of age or older; and (c) administering other immuniza-
 14 tions recommended by [the advisory committee on immunization practices
 15 of the centers for disease control and prevention] nationally recognized
 16 clinical practice guidelines for patients eighteen years of age or older
 17 if the commissioner of health in consultation with the commissioner
 18 determines that an immunization: (i) (A) may be safely administered by a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13723-02-5

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 1 licensed pharmacist within their lawful scope of practice; and (B) is
 2 needed to prevent the transmission of a reportable communicable disease
 3 that is prevalent in New York state; or (ii) is a recommended immuniza-
 4 tion for such patients who: (A) meet age requirements, (B) lack documen-
 5 tation of such immunization, (C) lack evidence of past infection, or (D)
 6 have an additional risk factor or another indication as recommended by
 7 [the advisory committee on immunization practices of the centers for
 8 disease control and prevention] nationally recognized clinical practice
 9 guidelines. Provided, however, that anyone administering immunizations
 10 for