NY State Senate Bill 2019-S6753

Senate Bill S6753

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes pharmacists to administer any immunization or vaccination required for admission and entrance to any school

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 08, 2020	referred to higher education
Sep 27, 2019	referred to rules

2019-S6753 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§6527, 6801, 6802 & 6909, Ed L

2019-S6753 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes pharmacists to administer any immunization or vaccination required for admission and entrance to any school pursuant to section 2164 of the public health law.

2019-S6753 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6753

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
authorizing pharmacists to administer vaccinations required for admis-
sion and entrance to school

 
PURPOSE:

To authorize pharmacists to administer the vaccines necessary to attend
school in New York State in the pharmacy and requires that educational
materials be available at pharmacy locations on the required vaccines
for New York State school admittance.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 - 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 any immunization required
for admission and entrance to any school pursuant to section twenty-one

hundred sixty-four of the public health law

Section 2 - Education materials on any immunizations and vaccinations
required for admission and entrance to any school pursuant to section
twenty-one hundred sixty-four of the public health law for children as
determined by the commissioner and the commissioner of health

Section 3 & 4 - A certified nurse practitioner may prescribe and order a
patient specific order or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed
pharmacist for the direct application of an immunizing agent to children
between the ages of two and eighteen years of age, whether by injection,
ingestion, inhalation or any other means required for the admission and
entrance to any school

Section 5 - Effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In the wake of the measles outbreak in Rockland County and across the
nation, it is imperative that we expand access to life-saving vaccines
across our state. By empowering pharmacists to administer the vaccines
necessary to attend school in New York State we ensure that every commu-
nity is equipped with the tools necessary to promote the health and
well-being, of its residents. This bill builds upon our past progress in
the fight against preventable disease and advances our goal of eliminat-
ing the measles and other preventable diseases in New York.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Legislation.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S6753 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6753
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 27, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  authorizing  pharma-
   cists  to  administer vaccinations required for admission and entrance
   to school

   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 or
 pertussis  disease  and  medications required for emergency treatment of
 anaphylaxis, AND ANY IMMUNIZATION REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION AND ENTRANCE TO
 ANY SCHOOL PURSUANT TO SECTION  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FOUR  OF  THE
 PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW.   Nothing in this subdivision shall authorize unli-
 censed persons to administer immunizations, vaccines or other drugs.
   § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 6801 of the education law, as amended by
 section 1 of part DD of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   4.  When  administering  an  immunization  in a pharmacy, the licensed
 pharmacist shall provide an area for the immunization that provides  for
 a patient's privacy. The privacy area should include:
   a.  a  clearly  visible posting of the most current "Recommended Adult
 Immunization Schedule" published by the advisory committee for immuniza-
 tion practices (ACIP); and
   (b) education materials on influenza vaccinations  AND  ANY  IMMUNIZA-
 TIONS AND VACCINATIONS REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION AND ENTRANCE TO ANY SCHOOL

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

                                                            LBD13889-01-9

 S. 6753                             2
 
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
 LAW for children as determined by the commissioner and the  commissioner
 of health.
   §  3.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the education
 law, as added by section 2 of part DD of chapter 57 of the laws of 2018,
 is amended to read as follows:
   b. (I) the direct application  of  an  immunizing  agent  to  children
 between the ages of two and eighteen years of age, 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 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;
   (II) 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, REQUIRED  FOR  THE  ADMISSION  AND
 ENTRANCE TO ANY SCHOOL PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR
 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 4. 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,  (I)  for administering immunizations to
 prevent influenza, pneumococcal,  acute  herpes  zoster,  meningococcal,
 tetanus,  diphtheria  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;
   (II) FOR THE DIRECT APPLICATION OF AN  IMMUNIZING  AGENT  TO  CHILDREN
 BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWO AND EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, WHETHER BY INJECTION,
 INGESTION,  INHALATION OR ANY OTHER MEANS REQUIRED FOR THE ADMISSION AND
 ENTRANCE TO ANY SCHOOL PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR
 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, 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 4 of section 6801 of  the  education
 law  made by section two of this act shall not affect the expiration and
 repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith;
   (c) the amendments to subdivision 22 of section 6802 of the  education
 law  made  by  section three of this act shall not affect the expiration
 and repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed  repealed  therewith;
 and
   (d)  the  amendments to subdivision 7 of section 6909 of the education
 law made by section four of this act shall not affect the expiration  of
 such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith.

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