Senate Bill S4249

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring children enrolled in an overnight, children's non-regulated, summer day, or travelling camp to be vaccinated

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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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2021-S4249 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6961
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1392 & 1394, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6279
2023-2024: S2726, A2186

2021-S4249 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires children enrolled in an overnight, children's non-regulated, summer day, or travelling camp to be vaccinated against a specified list of diseases.

2021-S4249 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4249 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4249
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring children
   enrolled in an overnight, children's  non-regulated,  summer  day,  or
   travelling camp to be vaccinated

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1392 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A.  "CHILDREN'S NON-REGULATED CAMP" SHALL MEAN A PROPERTY CONSISTING
 OF A TRACT OF LAND AND ANY TENTS, VEHICLES, BUILDINGS  OR  OTHER  STRUC-
 TURES  THAT  MAY BE PERTINENT TO ITS USE, ANY PART OF WHICH MAY BE OCCU-
 PIED ON A SCHEDULED BASIS BY PERSONS UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS  OF  AGE  UNDER
 GENERAL SUPERVISION FOR THE PURPOSE OF INDOOR OR OUTDOOR ORGANIZED GROUP
 ACTIVITIES,  INVOLVING  PASSIVE  AND NONPASSIVE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES,
 WHICH ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. Section 1394 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  EACH  CHILDREN'S  OVERNIGHT, CHILDREN'S NON-REGULATED, SUMMER DAY,
 AND TRAVELLING SUMMER DAY CAMP SHALL ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD ENROLLED AT
 SUCH CAMP HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED AN ADEQUATE DOSE OR DOSES OF AN IMMUNIZ-
 ING AGENT AGAINST POLIOMYELITIS, MUMPS,  MEASLES,  DIPHTHERIA,  RUBELLA,
 VARICELLA,  HAEMOPHILUS  INFLUENZAE  TYPE  B  (HIB), PERTUSSIS, TETANUS,
 PNEUMOCOCCAL  DISEASE,  AND  HEPATITIS  B,  WHICH  MEETS  THE  STANDARDS
 APPROVED  BY THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOR SUCH BIOLOGICAL
 PRODUCTS, AND WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT UNDER SUCH  CONDITIONS
 AS  MAY  BE  SPECIFIED  BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH COUNCIL. IF ANY HEALTH CARE
 PRACTITIONER, AS DEFINED IN SECTION  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FOUR  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER,  CERTIFIES THAT SUCH IMMUNIZATION MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO A
 CHILD'S HEALTH, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE INAPPLICA-
 BLE UNTIL SUCH IMMUNIZATION IS FOUND NO LONGER TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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