Senate Bill S2994

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to exemptions from vaccinations due to religious beliefs; and repeals subdivision 9 of section 2164 of the public health law relating to exemption from vaccination due to religious beliefs

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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-S2994 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2371
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §2164 sub 9, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6017, A8329
2017-2018: S52, A1810

2019-S2994 - Summary

Relates to exemptions from vaccinations due to religious beliefs; and repeals certain provisions relating to exemption from vaccination due to religious beliefs.

2019-S2994 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2994 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2994
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to repeal subdivision 9 of section 2164 of the public health law,
   relating to exemption from vaccination due to religious beliefs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 9 of section 2164 of the public health law is
 REPEALED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00724-01-9



              

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2019-S2994A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2371
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §2164 sub 9, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6017, A8329
2017-2018: S52, A1810

2019-S2994A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to exemptions from vaccinations due to religious beliefs; and repeals certain provisions relating to exemption from vaccination due to religious beliefs.

2019-S2994A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2994A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2994--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, BAILEY, BIAGGI, CARLUCCI, KRUEGER, MONTGOM-
   ERY,  RAMOS, SALAZAR, SKOUFIS, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Health  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  exemptions  from
   vaccination  due  to  religious  beliefs;  to  repeal subdivision 9 of
   section 2164 of the public health  law,  relating  to  exemption  from
   vaccination  due to religious beliefs; and providing for the repeal of
   certain 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 9 of section 2164 of the public health law is
 REPEALED.
   § 2. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 2164 of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 401 of the laws of  2015,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   6.  In  the  event that a person in parental relation to a child makes
 application for admission of such child to  a  school  or  has  a  child
 attending  school  and  there  exists no certificate or other acceptable
 evidence of  the  child's  immunization  against  poliomyelitis,  mumps,
 measles,  diphtheria,  rubella, varicella, hepatitis B, pertussis, teta-
 nus, and, where applicable, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib),  menin-
 gococcal  disease,  and  pneumococcal  disease,  the principal, teacher,
 owner or person in charge of the school shall inform such person of  the
 necessity  to  have  the  child immunized, that such immunization may be
 administered by any health practitioner, or that the child may be immun-
 ized without charge by the health officer in the county where the  child
 resides,  if  such person executes a consent therefor. In the event that
 such person does not wish to select a health practitioner to  administer
 the  immunization,  he  or she shall be provided with a form which shall

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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