New York S 7729: Relates to authorizing the town justice of the town of Angelica, county of Allegany, to be a nonresident of such town

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S07729 Summary:

BILL NOS07729 

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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Amd §§2164 & 613, Pub Health L

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Requires immunization against age appropriate rotavirus for certain children attending school.

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05/01/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7729

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 1, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 against rotavirus for certain children

 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 [and] hepatitis B, and age appropriate rotavirus. 1. As used in this
 8 section, unless the 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] their parent, by birth or adoption, [his]
 16 their legally appointed guardian, or [his] their custodian. A person
 17 shall be regarded as the custodian of a child if [he has] they have
 18 assumed the charge and care of the child because the parents or legally
 19 appointed guardian of the minor have died, are imprisoned, are mentally
 20 ill, or have been committed to an institution, or because they have
 21 abandoned or deserted such child or are living outside the state or
 22 their whereabouts are unknown, or have designated the person pursuant to
 23 title fifteen-A of article five of the general obligations law as a
 24 person in parental relation to the child.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09803-02-5

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 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, and age appropriate rotavirus,
 8 which meets the standards approved by the United States public health
 9 service for such biological products, and which is approved by the
 10 department under such conditions as may be specified by the public
 11 health and health planning council; provided, however, no person in
 12 parental relation to a child in this state shall be required to have
 13 administered to such child any immunizing agent required by this section
 14 where such child would not be able to have such immunizing agent admin-
 15 istered in a manner approved by the department under such conditions as
 16 may be specified by the public health and health planning council due to
 17 the child's age consistent with recommendations of the advisory commit-
 18 tee on immunization practices.
 19 b. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state born on
 20 or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-four and entering sixth
 21 grade or a comparable age level special education program with an unas-
 22 signed grade on or after