NY State Senate Bill 2019-S8182A

Senate Bill S8182A

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing licensed pharmacists to administer an approved vaccine for COVID-19

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 17, 2020	signed chap.110
Jun 05, 2020	delivered to governor
May 28, 2020	returned to senate passed assembly
May 27, 2020	ordered to third reading rules cal.47 substituted for a10508a referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.647
May 26, 2020	reported and committed to rules
May 24, 2020	committee discharged and committed to health print number 8182a
May 24, 2020	amend (t) and recommit to higher education
Apr 13, 2020	referred to higher education

Votes

- May 27, 2020 - Floor Vote
  S8182A
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 27, 2020
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
  May 26, 2020 - Health Committee Vote
  S8182A
  
  15
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Health Committee Vote: May 26, 2020
      
      aye (15)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Carlucci
      
      Gallivan
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Little
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Ortt
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Stavisky

Bill Amendments

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2019-S8182 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10508
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§6527, 6802 & 6909, Ed L

2019-S8182 - Summary

Authorizes licensed pharmacists to administer a vaccine for COVID-19 approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaulation and Research vaccine product approval process.

2019-S8182 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8182

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing licensed
pharmacists to administer an approved vaccine for COVID-19

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends subdivision 7 of section 6527 of the
Education Law to add COVID-19 to the list of diseases for which a
licensed physician may prescribe a patient specific order or non-patient
specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist for administering immuniza-
tions.

Section two of the bill amends the definition of "administer" in subdi-
vision 22 of section 6802 of the education law to make conforming chang-
es.

Section three of the bill amends subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the
education law to add COVID-19 to the list of diseases for which a certi-

fied nurse practitioner may prescribe a patient specific order or non-
patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist for administering
immunizations.

Section four of the bill establishes that the bill would take effect on
the same day that a vaccine for COVID-19 is approved by the FDA.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The spread of COVID-19 has illustrated the terrible consequences that a
global pandemic can have if there is no available vaccine to guard
against transmission of the virus. The necessary, yet drastic measures
that New York and other states have undertaken to slow transmission and
prevent our health care system from being overwhelmed have had enormous-
ly consequential effects for our economy, causing businesses to close
and workers to lose their employment. Despite our best efforts, more and
more New Yorkers are infected and die with each passing day.

Scientists are working as quickly as possible to develop a safe, effec-
tive vaccine to provide immunity to COVID-19. It is crucial for public
health that once a vaccine is approved by the FDA, we authorize as many
health care professionals as possible to administer it to meet the
demand, which will likely be enormous.

To accomplish that goal, this bill would immediately authorize licensed
pharmacists in New York to administer a COVID-19 vaccine once it is
approved by the FDA.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect the same day that a vaccine for COVID-19 is
approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration's Center for
Biologics Evaluation and Research vaccine product approval process.

2019-S8182 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8182
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 13, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  authorizing  licensed
   pharmacists to administer an approved vaccine for COVID-19
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 6527  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  46  of  the  laws  of  2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
   7. A licensed physician may prescribe and  order  a  patient  specific
 order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist, pursuant
 to  regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with the
 public health law, for administering immunizations to prevent influenza,
 pneumococcal, acute herpes zoster, meningococcal,  tetanus,  diphtheria,
 COVID-19,  or  pertussis  disease and medications required for emergency
 treatment of anaphylaxis. Nothing in this  subdivision  shall  authorize
 unlicensed persons to administer immunizations, vaccines or other drugs.
   §  2.  Subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education law, as amended
 by section 2 of part DD of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to
 read as follows:
   22. "Administer", for the purpose of section sixty-eight  hundred  one
 of this article, means:
   a. the direct application of an immunizing agent to adults, whether by
 injection,  ingestion,  inhalation  or  any  other  means, pursuant to a
 patient specific order or non-patient  specific  regimen  prescribed  or
 ordered  by a physician or certified nurse practitioner, who has a prac-
 tice site in the county or adjoining county in which the immunization is
 administered, for  immunizations  to  prevent  influenza,  pneumococcal,
 acute  herpes  zoster,  meningococcal, tetanus, diphtheria, COVID-19, or
 pertussis disease and medications required for  emergency  treatment  of
 anaphylaxis.  If  the commissioner of health determines that there is an
 outbreak of disease, or that there is the imminent threat of an outbreak
 of disease, then the commissioner of  health  may  issue  a  non-patient
 specific regimen applicable statewide.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16067-02-0

 S. 8182                             2
 
   b.  the  direct application of an immunizing agent to children between
 the ages of two and eighteen years of age, whether by injection,  inges-
 tion,  inhalation  or  any  other  means, pursuant to a patient specific
 order or non-patient specific regimen prescribed or ordered by a  physi-
 cian  or  certified  nurse  practitioner, who has a practice site in the
 county or adjoining county in which the  immunization  is  administered,
 for immunization to prevent influenza and medications required for emer-
 gency  treatment of anaphylaxis resulting from such immunization. If the
 commissioner of health determines that there is an outbreak of  influen-
 za,  or  that  there is the imminent threat of an outbreak of influenza,
 then the commissioner of health may issue a non-patient specific regimen
 applicable statewide.
   § 3. Subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 46 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   7. A certified nurse practitioner may prescribe and  order  a  patient
 specific order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist,
 pursuant  to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent
 with the public health law, for administering immunizations  to  prevent
 influenza,  pneumococcal,  acute  herpes zoster, meningococcal, tetanus,
 diphtheria, COVID-19, or pertussis disease and medications required  for
 emergency  treatment  of  anaphylaxis. Nothing in this subdivision shall
 authorize unlicensed persons to administer  immunizations,  vaccines  or
 other drugs.
   §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  the same day that a vaccine for
 COVID-19 is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration's
 Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research  vaccine  product  approval
 process;  provided  that  the  commissioner  of  health shall notify the
 legislative  bill  drafting  commission  upon  the  occurrence  of  such
 approval in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and time-
 ly  effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of
 New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44  of
 the  legislative  law  and  section  70-b  of  the  public officers law;
 provided further, that:
   (a) the amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6527 of  the  education
 law  made  by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of
 such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith;
   (b) the amendments to subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the  education
 law  made by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 subdivision pursuant to section 8 of chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, as
 amended, and shall be deemed repealed therewith; and
   (c) the amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6909 of  the  education
 law,  made  by section three of this act shall not affect the expiration
 of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith.

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2019-S8182A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10508
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§6527, 6802 & 6909, Ed L

2019-S8182A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S8182A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8182a

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing licensed
pharmacists to administer an approved vaccine for COVID-19; and provid-
ing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends subdivision 7 of section 6527 of the
Education Law to add COVID-19 to the list of diseases for which a
licensed physician may prescribe a patient specific order or non-patient
specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist for administering immuniza-
tions.

Section two of the bill amends the definition of "administer" in subdi-
vision 22 of section 6802 of the education law to make conforming chang-
es.

Section three of the bill amends subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the

education law to add COVID-19 to the list of diseases for which a certi-
fied nurse practitioner may prescribe a patient specific order or non-
patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist for administering
immunizations.

Section four of the bill establishes that the bill would take effect  
NO
SOONER THAN NINETY DAYS FROM THE DATE OF APPROVAL OF A COVID-19 IMMUNI-
ZATION BY THE FDA AND REQUIRE THE JOINT CERTIFICATION OF THE COMMISSION-
ER OF HEALTH AND THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION THAT IMMUNIZATION BY
PHARMACISTS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THIS SECTION ALSO
PROVIDES THAT THE ACT WILL SUNSET JULY 1, 2022.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The spread of COVID-19 has illustrated the terrible consequences that a
global pandemic can have if there is no available vaccine to guard
against transmission of the virus. The necessary, yet drastic measures
that New York and other states have undertaken to slow transmission and
prevent our health care system from being overwhelmed have had enormous-
ly consequential effects for our economy, causing businesses to close
and workers to lose their employment. Despite our best efforts, more and
more New Yorkers are infected and die with each passing day.

Scientists are working as quickly as possible to develop a safe, effec-
tive vaccine to provide immunity to COVID-19. It is crucial for public
health that once a vaccine is approved by the FDA, we authorize as many
health care professionals as possible to administer it to meet the
demand, which will likely be enormous.

To accomplish that goal, this bill would authorize licensed pharmacists
in New York to administer a COVID-19 vaccine.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect  
NO SOONER THAN NINETY DAYS FROM THE DATE OF
APPROVAL OF A COVID-19 IMMUNIZATION BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION'S CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH AND SHALL
EXPIRE AND BE DEEMED REPEALED JULY 1, 2022; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THIS
ACT SHALL NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND THE
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION JOINTLY CERTIFY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF
SUCH IMMUNIZATION PURSUANT TO THIS ACT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
PUBLIC HEALTH.

2019-S8182A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8182--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 13, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HOYLMAN,  BENJAMIN,  BROOKS,  KAPLAN, MONTGOMERY,
   SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
   to be committed to the Committee  on  Higher  Education  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing licensed
   pharmacists to  administer  an  approved  vaccine  for  COVID-19;  and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 6527  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  46  of  the  laws  of  2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
   7. A licensed physician may prescribe and  order  a  patient  specific
 order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist, pursuant
 to  regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent with the
 public health law, for administering immunizations to prevent influenza,
 pneumococcal, acute herpes zoster, meningococcal,  tetanus,  diphtheria,
 COVID-19,  or  pertussis  disease and medications required for emergency
 treatment of anaphylaxis. Nothing in this  subdivision  shall  authorize
 unlicensed persons to administer immunizations, vaccines or other drugs.
   §  2.  Subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education law, as amended
 by section 2 of part DD of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018, is amended to
 read as follows:
   22. "Administer", for the purpose of section sixty-eight  hundred  one
 of this article, means:
   a. the direct application of an immunizing agent to adults, whether by
 injection,  ingestion,  inhalation  or  any  other  means, pursuant to a
 patient specific order or non-patient  specific  regimen  prescribed  or
 ordered  by a physician or certified nurse practitioner, who has a prac-
 tice site in the county or adjoining county in which the immunization is
 administered, for  immunizations  to  prevent  influenza,  pneumococcal,
 acute  herpes  zoster,  meningococcal, tetanus, diphtheria, COVID-19, or
 pertussis disease and medications required for  emergency  treatment  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16067-03-0

 S. 8182--A                          2
 
 anaphylaxis.  If  the commissioner of health determines that there is an
 outbreak of disease, or that there is the imminent threat of an outbreak
 of disease, then the commissioner of  health  may  issue  a  non-patient
 specific regimen applicable statewide.
   b.  the  direct application of an immunizing agent to children between
 the ages of two and eighteen years of age, whether by injection,  inges-
 tion,  inhalation  or  any  other  means, pursuant to a patient specific
 order or non-patient specific regimen prescribed or ordered by a  physi-
 cian  or  certified  nurse  practitioner, who has a practice site in the
 county or adjoining county in which the  immunization  is  administered,
 for immunization to prevent influenza and medications required for emer-
 gency  treatment of anaphylaxis resulting from such immunization. If the
 commissioner of health determines that there is an outbreak of  influen-
 za,  or  that  there is the imminent threat of an outbreak of influenza,
 then the commissioner of health may issue a non-patient specific regimen
 applicable statewide.
   § 3. Subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the education law, as amended by
 chapter 46 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   7. A certified nurse practitioner may prescribe and  order  a  patient
 specific order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist,
 pursuant  to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and consistent
 with the public health law, for administering immunizations  to  prevent
 influenza,  pneumococcal,  acute  herpes zoster, meningococcal, tetanus,
 diphtheria, COVID-19, or pertussis disease and medications required  for
 emergency  treatment  of  anaphylaxis. Nothing in this subdivision shall
 authorize unlicensed persons to administer  immunizations,  vaccines  or
 other drugs.
   §  4.  This  act shall take effect no sooner than ninety days from the
 date of approval of a COVID-19 immunization by the  United  States  Food
 and  Drug  Administration's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
 and shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1, 2022;  provided  further
 that this act shall not take effect until the commissioner of health and
 the commissioner of education jointly certify that the administration of
 such  immunization pursuant to this act would be in the best interest of
 public health; provided that the commissioner of health and the  commis-
 sioner  of  education shall notify the legislative bill drafting commis-
 sion upon the occurrence of such certification in order that the commis-
 sion may maintain an accurate and timely  effective  data  base  of  the
 official  text  of  the  laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of  the  legislative  law  and
 section 70-b of the public officers law; provided further, that:
   (a)  the  amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6527 of the education
 law made by section one of this act shall not affect the  expiration  of
 such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith;
   (b)  the amendments to subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education
 law made by section two of this act shall not affect the repeal of  such
 subdivision pursuant to section 8 of chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, as
 amended, and shall be deemed repealed therewith; and
   (c)  the  amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the education
 law, made by section three of this act shall not affect  the  expiration
 of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2019-S8182 - Details

2019-S8182 - Summary

2019-S8182 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8182 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2019-S8182A (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S8182A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S8182A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8182A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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