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Senate Bill S2955
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP, RFM) 24th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S2955 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3912
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §914, Ed L
2017-S2955 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires school districts to report to the department of education the number of students who request to be exempted from receiving certain immunizations, the number of students whose request to be exempted from receiving certain immunizations is granted and the number of students whose request to be exempted from receiving certain immunizations is denied.
2017-S2955 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2955 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to immunizations for children PURPOSE OF THE BILL : The purpose of this bill is to collect information concerning the number of religious vaccination waivers that are granted or denied by each school district in this state. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section one amends the education law by requiring each school district that receives at least one request for an exemption pursuant to subdivision 9 of section 2164 of the public health law (religious waiver from vaccinations required for school attendance), to report information concerning the number of requests received, the number of requests granted, and the number of requests denied. Section two is the effective date. EXISTING LAW : Public health law section 2164(9) provides an exemption from vaccinations required for school attendance to children whose parent
2017-S2955 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2955 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CROCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to immunizations for children THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 914 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. A. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVING AT LEAST ONE REQUEST FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM VACCINATION, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, MUST REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT, BY JUNE THIRTIETH OF THE GIVEN YEAR, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (I) THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR WHICH AN EXEMPTION WAS REQUESTED. (II) THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR WHICH AN EXEMPTION WAS GRANTED. (III) THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR WHICH AN EXEMPTION WAS DENIED. B. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COMPILE DATA REPORTED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AND SHALL REPORT SUCH DATA TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR BY DECEMBER FIRST OF EACH YEAR. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided howev- er, paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 914 of the education law, as added by section one of this act, shall take effect one year after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08605-01-7
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