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Dec 04, 2020 | referred to health |
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Edward Ra
Joe DeStefano
Chris Tague
Melissa Miller
A11172 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 21 Title 8 §2180, Pub Health L
A11172 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11172 I N A S S E M B L Y December 4, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Salka) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting a mandatory immunization against the coronavirus THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 21 of the public health law is amended by adding a new title 8 to read as follows: TITLE 8 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19 SECTION 2180. CORONAVIRUS; VACCINATION. § 2180. CORONAVIRUS; VACCINATION. 1. NO VACCINE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF INDUCING IMMUNITY AGAINST CORONAVIRUS IN HUMANS IN THIS STATE SHALL BE MADE A MANDATORY IMMUNIZATION. NO PERSON SHALL BE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE SUCH VACCINE UNLESS SUCH INDIVIDUAL CHOOSES TO BE VACCINATED. 2. NO CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN SHALL BE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE SUCH VACCINE AGAINST CORONAVIRUS UNLESS A PERSON IN A PARENTAL RELATION TO SUCH CHILD CHOOSES TO HAVE THE CHILD VACCINATED. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBDIVISION THE TERM "PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION TO A CHILD" SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE ANY PERSON WHO IS A PARENT OR LEGALLY APPOINTED GUARDI- AN OF A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN. 3. NO INCAPACITATED PERSON SHALL BE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE SUCH VACCINE AGAINST CORONAVIRUS UNLESS A PERSON WHO IS THE LEGAL GUARDIAN OF SUCH INCAPACITATED PERSON CHOOSES TO HAVE THE INCAPACITATED PERSON VACCINAT- ED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION: (A) THE TERM "INCAPACITATED PERSON" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN WHO ARE UNABLE TO MAKE OR COMMUNICATE DECISIONS AFFECTING THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH, SAFETY, OR SELF-CARE; AND (B) THE TERM "LEGAL GUARDIAN" SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE ANY PERSON WHO IS OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN AND DESIGNATED BY AN INCAPAC- ITATED PERSON PRIOR TO INCAPACITATION AS THEIR LEGAL GUARDIAN OR A PERSON LEGALLY APPOINTED BY A COURT AS GUARDIAN OF SUCH INCAPACITATED PERSON. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.