Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Mar 29, 2021 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A6722
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
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) - 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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