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Assembly Bill A6736

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the crimes of forgery of a COVID-19 vaccination record card and fraudulent making of COVID-19 vaccination records

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2021-A6736 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§170.80 & 170.85, Pen L

2021-A6736 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crimes of forgery of a COVID-19 vaccination record card and fraudulent making of COVID-19 vaccination records.

2021-A6736 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6736
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the falsifica-
   tion of COVID-19 vaccination records
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections  170.80
 and 170.85 to read as follows:
 § 170.80 FORGERY OF A COVID-19 VACCINATION RECORD CARD.
   A PERSON IS GUILTY OF FORGERY OF A COVID-19 RECORD CARD WHEN HE OR SHE
 KNOWINGLY:
   (1) DESTROYS, COVERS, DEFACES, ALTERS OR OTHERWISE CHANGES THE FORM OR
 APPEARANCE OF A COVID-19 RECORD CARD; OR
   (2)  WITH  INTENT TO DEFRAUD, PRODUCES OR REPRODUCES A COVID-19 RECORD
 CARD.
   FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  TERM  "COVID-19  VACCINATION
 RECORD  CARD"  MEANS  A CARD OR RECORD GIVEN TO AN INDIVIDUAL AFTER THEY
 HAVE RECEIVED A COVID-19 VACCINE WHICH KEEPS TRACK OF VITAL  VACCINATION
 INFORMATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE DATE WHEN THE FIRST AND,
 IF  APPLICABLE,  SECOND  DOSE  OF  THE VACCINE WERE ADMINISTERED TO SUCH
 INDIVIDUAL, THE PRODUCT NAME OR  MANUFACTURER  AND  LOT  NUMBER  OF  THE
 VACCINE, AND THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL OR CLINIC SITE.
   FORGERY  OF  A COVID-19 VACCINATION RECORD CARD IS A CLASS A MISDEMEA-
 NOR.
 § 170.85 FRAUDULENT MAKING OF COVID-19 VACCINATION RECORDS.
   A PERSON IS  GUILTY  OF  FRAUDULENT  MAKING  OF  COVID-19  VACCINATION
 RECORDS  WHEN,  WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD, DECEIVE OR INJURE ANOTHER, HE OR
 SHE FALSELY MAKES, COMPLETES OR ALTERS TWO OR MORE COVID-19  VACCINATION
 RECORDS.
   FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE TERM "COVID-19 VACCINATION
 RECORD CARD" MEANS A CARD OR RECORD GIVEN TO AN  INDIVIDUAL  AFTER  THEY

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

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