S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7214--A
I N S E N A T E
January 10, 2020
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Introduced by Sens. MARTINEZ, BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring health
care practitioners to provide patients with a list of ingredients
contained in vaccines
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2166 of the public health law, as added by chapter
573 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2166. Immunization; regulations; REQUIREMENTS. 1. The commissioner
may promulgate regulations with respect to immunization conducted by a
home care services agency licensed pursuant to section thirty-six
hundred five of this chapter or certified pursuant to section thirty-six
hundred eight of this chapter, facilities or institutions established
under article twenty-eight of this chapter, and other health care
providers and practitioners, including, but not limited to, standards
for the quality of care and services provided, consistent with the
education law.
2. EVERY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER WHO ADMINISTERS IMMUNIZATIONS SHALL
PROVIDE THE PATIENT OR A PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION TO THE PATIENT WITH
A LIST OF INGREDIENTS CONTAINED IN SUCH VACCINE, AS PROVIDED BY THE
MANUFACTURER, AT LEAST FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE OF SUCH IMMUNIZATION. THE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SHALL SEND THE INFORMATION TO THE PATIENT VIA ELEC-
TRONIC TRANSMISSION OR MAIL UPON THE APPOINTMENT BEING SET. IN THE EVENT
THAT THE PATIENT SETS THE APPOINTMENT WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE APPOINT-
MENT DATE, THE PATIENT MAY BE PROVIDED WITH THE WRITTEN INFORMATION THE
DAY OF THE APPOINTMENT. EVERY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER WHO ADMINISTERS
IMMUNIZATIONS SHALL INFORM THE RECIPIENT OF THE VACCINE OR THE PERSON IN
PARENTAL RELATION TO THE PATIENT ABOUT VACCINE SAFETY, BENEFITS, POTEN-
TIAL ADVERSE EFFECTS, INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL REGARDING PERSONS WHO SHOULD NOT BE VACCINATED AND STATE
LAW ALLOWING MEDICAL EXEMPTIONS FROM VACCINATIONS FOR CHILDREN ATTENDING
SCHOOL.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14447-04-0