Senate Bill S887

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes pharmacists to administer immunizations to prevent influenza to persons six or older

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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-S887 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6801, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S5554

2019-S887 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes pharmacists to administer immunizations to prevent influenza to persons 6 years of age or older.

2019-S887 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S887 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    887
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  authorizing  pharma-
   cists  to  administer  influenza immunizations to persons six years of
   age or older

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  6801 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. A LICENSED  PHARMACIST  MAY  ADMINISTER  IMMUNIZATIONS  TO  PREVENT
 INFLUENZA TO PERSONS SIX YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law, provided, however, that  the  amendments  to  section
 6801  of  the  education  law  made by section one of this act shall not
 affect the expiration of such section and  shall  be  deemed  to  expire
 therewith.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04037-01-9



              

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