New York A 5460: Allows medical assistants to administer vaccines

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A05460 Summary:

BILL NOA05460D

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SAME ASSAME AS S05340-C

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRHevesi, Meeks, McDonald, Sayegh, Kay, Molitor, Blankenbush, Wright, Shimsky, Burdick, Rajkumar,
 Rozic, Gallahan, Lasher, Rosenthal, Gray, Lee, Zaccaro, McMahon, Simon, Chludzinski

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6526, Ed L; add §2113, Pub Health L

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Allows medical assistants to administer vaccines while under appropriate supervision of a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant.

Go to top A05460 Actions:

BILL NOA05460D

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02/14/2025referred to higher education

02/19/2025amend and recommit to higher education

02/19/2025print number 5460a

03/31/2025amend and recommit to higher education

03/31/2025print number 5460b

01/07/2026referred to higher education

02/06/2026amend and recommit to higher education

02/06/2026print number 5460c

03/30/2026amend and recommit to higher education

03/30/2026print number 5460d

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Go to topA05460 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA05460 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5460--D

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, HEVESI, MEEKS, McDONALD, SAYEGH, KAY,
 MOLITOR, BLANKENBUSH, WRIGHT, SHIMSKY, BURDICK, RAJKUMAR, ROZIC,
 GALLAHAN, LASHER, ROSENTHAL, GRAY -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
 again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
 to the administration of immunizations by medical assistants

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

 1 Section 1. Section 6526 of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
 3 11. Any medical assistant when drawing and administering an immuniza-
 4 tion in an outpatient office setting under the direct supervision of a
 5 physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant. For the purposes
 6 of this subdivision, a medical assistant is an unlicensed direct-care
 7 employee who is at least eighteen years of age, has completed an educa-
 8 tional pathway acceptable to the department, and that performs clerical,
 9 administrative, and clinical tasks as set forth in department guidelines
 10 and as authorized by section twenty-one hundred thirteen of the public
 11 health law and pursuant to subdivision twenty-five of section sixty-five
 12 hundred thirty of this article.
 13 § 2. Section 6526 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 14 subdivision 12 to read as follows:
 15 12. A certified nurse practitioner may delegate the task of drawing up
 16 and administering vaccinations to a medical assistant as defined in
 17 subdivision eleven of this section in outpatient office settings pursu-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09017-08-6

 A. 5460--D 2

 1 ant to section twenty-one hundred thirteen of the public health law,
 2 provided that it shall be professional misconduct to delegate profes-
 3 sional responsibilities to a person when the licensee delegating such
 4 responsibilities knows or has reason to know that such person is not
 5 qualified, by training or by experience to perform them.
 6 § 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2113 to
 7 read as follows:
 8 § 2113. Administration of immunizations; medical assistants. Notwith-
 9 standing any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, physicians,
 10 nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are hereby authorized to
 11 delegate the task of drawing up and administering vaccinations to
 12 medical assistants as defined in subdivision eleven of section sixty-
 13 five hundred twent