assembly Bill A933

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for the immunization of all children born after January 1, 1996 against the human papillomavirus (HPV)

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Jan 03, 2018 referred to health
Jan 09, 2017 referred to health

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A933 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2164 & 613, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A778
2011-2012: A699
2013-2014: A2067
2015-2016: A1822
2019-2020: A2912

A933 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the immunization of all children born after January 1, 1996 against the human papillomavirus (HPV).

A933 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   933

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GUNTHER, ORTIZ, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored
  by  --  M.  of  A.  DINOWITZ,  LIFTON -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  immuni-
  zation against human papillomavirus (HPV)

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 2164 of the public health law, as amended by  chap-
ter 401 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  §   2164.  Definitions;  immunization  against  poliomyelitis,  mumps,
measles, diphtheria, rubella,  varicella,  HUMAN  PAPILLOMAVIRUS  (HPV),
Haemophilus  influenzae  type  b (Hib), pertussis, tetanus, pneumococcal
disease, meningococcal disease, and hepatitis B.  1.  As  used  in  this
section, unless the context requires otherwise:
  a.  The  term "school" means and includes any public, private or paro-
chial child caring center, day nursery, day care agency, nursery school,
kindergarten, elementary, intermediate or secondary school.
  b. The term "child" shall mean and include any person between the ages
of two months and eighteen years.
  c. The term "person in parental relation to a child"  shall  mean  and
include  his  father  or  mother,  by  birth  or  adoption,  his legally
appointed guardian, or his custodian. A person shall be regarded as  the
custodian  of a child if he has assumed the charge and care of the child
because the parents or legally appointed  guardian  of  the  minor  have
died,  are  imprisoned,  are  mentally ill, or have been committed to an
institution, or because they have abandoned or deserted  such  child  or
are  living  outside the state or their whereabouts are unknown, or have
designated the person pursuant to title fifteen-A of article five of the
general obligations law as a person in parental relation to the child.
  d. The term "health practitioner" shall mean any person authorized  by
law to administer an immunization.

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