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Dec 04, 2020 | referred to health |
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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A11179 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 21 Title 8 §2178, Pub Health L
A11179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11179 I N A S S E M B L Y December 4, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen- thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to administering a COVID-19 vaccine 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 COVID-19 SECTION 2178. COVID-19 VACCINATION. § 2178. COVID-19 VACCINATION. 1. AT THE TIME A VACCINATION FOR COVID- 19 IS APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION'S CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH VACCINE PRODUCT APPROVAL PROCESS AND THE NEW YORK STATE CLINICAL ADVISORY TASK FORCE, SUCH VACCI- NATION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY DISTRIBUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S COVID-19 VACCINATION ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM. 2. ONCE THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION'S CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH AND THE NEW YORK STATE CLINICAL ADVI- SORY TASK FORCE HAVE APPROVED THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF A COVID-19 VACCINATION AND PROMOTION AND DISTRIBUTION PLANS OF SUCH VACCINE HAVE BEGUN PURSUANT TO THE DEPARTMENT'S COVID-19 VACCINATION ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM, IF PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS DETERMINE THAT RESIDENTS OF THE STATE ARE NOT DEVELOPING SUFFICIENT IMMUNITY FROM COVID-19, THE DEPART- MENT SHALL MANDATE VACCINATION FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS OF INDIVID- UALS WHO, AS SHOWN BY CLINICAL DATA, ARE PROVEN TO BE SAFE TO RECEIVE SUCH VACCINE. 3. ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS RECEIVED A MEDICAL EXEMPTION FROM A LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL SHALL NOT BE MANDATED TO RECEIVE THE COVID-19 VACCINE AND SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16430-02-0