Assembly Bill A11129

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to directing the commissioner of health to mandate a COVID-19 vaccine for residential health care facilities and to prioritize the distribution of such vaccines to such facilities

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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-A11129 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2192, 2803, 2191, 2193, 2194, 2195 & 2196, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A2081

2019-A11129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to mandate a COVID-19 vaccine for residential health care facilities and to prioritize the distribution of such vaccines to such facilities.

2019-A11129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11129
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gottfried)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
   commissioner  of  health to mandate a COVID-19 vaccine for residential
   health care facilities and to  prioritize  the  distribution  of  such
   vaccines to such facilities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2192 of the public health law, as added by  chapter
 580 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2192. Long-term  care  resident  and employee immunization required.
 Except as provided in section twenty-one  hundred  ninety-five  of  this
 article, every long-term care facility in this state shall require resi-
 dents  and  employees  to be immunized for influenza virus, COVID-19 and
 pneumococcal disease in accordance with regulations of the commissioner.
   § 2. Section 2803 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP A PLAN TO PRIORITIZE THE DISTRIB-
 UTION OF VACCINATIONS FOR COVID-19 TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS RESIDING IN
 AND EMPLOYEES OF RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
   § 3. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 2191 of the public health law, as
 added by chapter 580 of the  laws  of  1999,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  "Documentation" means written evidence from an individual's health
 care provider indicating the date and place when the individual received
 the influenza vaccine, COVID-19 VACCINE or the pneumococcal vaccine.
   3. "Medically contraindicated" means influenza, COVID-19 or pneumococ-
 cal vaccine should not be administered to an individual because  it  may
 be detrimental to the individual's health if the individual receives the
 vaccine.
   § 4. Section 2193 of the public health law, as added by chapter 580 of
 the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2193.  Resident  immunization.  1. Upon admission, a long-term care
 facility shall notify the resident of the immunization  requirements  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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