Assembly Bill A8834

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting private and parochial schools and day care centers from immunization requirements

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A8834 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7202
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2164, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A5277, S3659
2023-2024: A6621, S1484
2025-2026: A4966, S3020

2019-A8834 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts private and parochial schools and day care centers from immunization requirements.

2019-A8834 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8834
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to exempting private
   and parochial schools and day care centers from immunization  require-
   ments
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2164 of the  public
 health law, as amended by chapter 401 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
 read as follows:
   a.  The term "school" means and includes any public[, private or paro-
 chial child  caring  center,  day  nursery,  day  care  agency,  nursery
 school,]  PRE-KINDERGARTEN,  kindergarten,  elementary,  intermediate or
 secondary school.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14180-01-9

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