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Assembly Bill A6722

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires healthcare workers practicing in close proximity to children less than twelve months of age to be vaccinated against pertussis

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2021-A6722 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2166, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A6478

2021-A6722 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires healthcare workers who are reasonably expected to practice in close proximity to children less than twelve months of age to be vaccinated against pertussis.

2021-A6722 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6722
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  health-
   care  workers  practicing  in  close  proximity  to children less than
   twelve months of age to be vaccinated against pertussis

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 2166 of the public health law, as added by chapter
 573 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2166. Immunization; regulations. 1. The commissioner may  promulgate
 regulations  with  respect  to  immunization  conducted  by  a home care
 services agency licensed pursuant to section thirty-six hundred five  of
 this  chapter  or certified pursuant to section thirty-six hundred eight
 of this chapter, facilities or institutions  established  under  article
 twenty-eight  of this chapter, and other health care providers and prac-
 titioners, including, but not limited to, standards for the  quality  of
 care and services provided, consistent with the education law.
   2.  PERSONNEL  WORKING  IN  HEALTH  CARE  SETTINGS  WHO ARE REASONABLY
 EXPECTED TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH CHILDREN TWELVE MONTHS OLD OR YOUNGER
 IN THE HEALTH CARE SETTING SHALL BE  VACCINATED  AGAINST  PERTUSSIS,  AS
 PROVIDED IN REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER.
   3. REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH
 THE STANDARDS APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
 ly the addition, amendment and/or  repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10665-01-1

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