NY State Senate Bill 2021-S4530

Senate Bill S4530

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the prioritization of elected officials over healthcare workers, members of vulnerable populations, or first responders for purposes of receiving any vaccine against COVID-19

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2021-S4530 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health

2021-S4530 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no person holding elected office in this state shall be given priority over healthcare workers, members of vulnerable populations, or first responders for purposes of receiving any vaccine against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) unless such elected official is a healthcare worker, member of a vulnerable population or a first responder, or otherwise qualifies as a member of a group to which priority in COVID-19 vaccination is given.

2021-S4530 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4530

SPONSOR: HELMING
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act prohibiting the prioritization of elected officials over health-
care workers, members of vulnerable populations, or first responders for
purposes of receiving any vaccine against COVID-19

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the prioritization of elected
officials over healthcare workers, members of vulnerable populations, or
first responders for purposes of receiving any vaccine against COVID-19.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: States that no person holding elected office in this state
shall be given priority over healthcare workers, members of vulnerable
populations, or first responders for purposes of receiving any vaccine
against COVID-19 unless such elected official is also a healthcare work-

er, member of a vulnerable population or a first responder. Nothing in
this act shall prohibit the administration of a COVID-19 vaccine to any
elected official when such vaccine is widely available to the general
public.

Nothing in this act shall prohibit the administration of a second dose
of a COVID-19 vaccine to a person who has already received the first
dose of such vaccine.

Section 2: States that this act shall take effect immediately and shall
apply to all elected officials who have not already received the first
dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on such effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The need for this restriction has been highlighted by the news of
members of Congress receiving the COVID-19 vaccine before many in the
top priority groups in our districts getting their vaccine. This legis-
lation would prohibit elected officials from any level of government in
the State of New York from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine or pandemic
related vaccines prior to priority groups such as front line workers,
first responders, teacher an vulnerable seniors.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S4530 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4530
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT prohibiting the prioritization of elected officials over  health-
   care  workers,  members of vulnerable populations, or first responders
   for purposes of receiving any vaccine against COVID-19

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or order to the
 contrary, no person holding elected office in this state shall be  given
 priority  over healthcare workers, members of vulnerable populations, or
 first responders for purposes of receiving any vaccine against the novel
 coronavirus (COVID-19) unless such elected official is also a healthcare
 worker, member of a vulnerable  population  or  a  first  responder,  or
 otherwise qualifies as a member of a group to which priority in COVID-19
 vaccination  is given by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 Nothing in this act shall prohibit  the  administration  of  a  COVID-19
 vaccine to any elected official when such vaccine is widely available to
 the  general  public  or  when  The  Centers  for  Disease  Control  and
 Prevention declare any such person to be eligible to receive one or more
 COVID-19 vaccines. Nothing in this act shall prohibit the administration
 of a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine  to  a  person  who  has  already
 received the first dose of such vaccine.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 elected officials who have not already received  the  first  dose  of  a
 COVID-19 vaccine on such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08804-01-1

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