Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 14, 2024 |
reported referred to rules |
Apr 26, 2024 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A9886
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PEOPLES-STOKES
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2023-A9886 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S9550
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Rules
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2805-h, Pub Health L
2023-A9886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9886 I N A S S E M B L Y April 26, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to increasing eligi- bility of admitted persons in general hospitals for immunizations against influenza virus THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2805-h of the public health law, as added by chapter 266 of the laws of 2006 and the subdivision heading as amended by chapter 282 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 2. Immunizations against influenza FOR CERTAIN PERSONS FIFTY OR OLDER and IMMUNIZATIONS AGAINST pneumococcal for certain persons sixty-five or older. (a) Annually between September first and April first, it shall be the duty of the administrative officer or other person in charge of each general hospital to offer each admitted person age [sixty-five] FIFTY or older vaccination against influenza virus. Such officer or person need not offer the vaccination to persons who have already received such vaccine or for whom it is otherwise inappropriate. (b) It shall be the duty of the administrative officer or other person in charge of each general hospital to offer vaccination against pneumo- coccal disease to each admitted person age sixty-five or older in the hospital's care. Such officer or person need not offer the vaccination to people who have already received it, are not in need of a booster, or for whom it is otherwise inappropriate. (c) Each general hospital shall adopt an influenza and pneumococcal immunization policy which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: procedures for identifying persons age FIFTY OR OLDER FOR INFLUENZA, sixty-five or older FOR PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE and at the discretion of the facility other individuals at risk; procedures for the offering of immunization against influenza virus UPON ADMISSION OR DISCHARGE TO PERSONS AGE FIFTY OR OLDER, between September first and April first, and pneumococcal disease upon admission or discharge to persons age sixty-five or older; procedures for ensuring that individ- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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