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                                  4539--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT requiring the department of health  to  provide  written,  public
   updates  to  the  Draft  New York State's COVID-19 Vaccination Program
   Plan

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    1.  The New York State Department of Health, in collab-
 oration with any other state agency  or  entity,  as  applicable,  shall
 update  the  Draft New York State's COVID-19 Vaccination Program Plan by
 providing a written plan that is posted on a publicly available  website
 by March 1, 2021 that specifies how the state will:
   (a)  Ensure  the  equitable  distribution  of  vaccine  to communities
 disproportionally impacted by COVID-19;
   (b) Issue anticipated guidance on phased tiers of vaccine  eligibility
 for the general public;
   (c)  Ensure  pharmacies,  hospitals,  health care providers, long-term
 care facilities, and other  non-state  operated  vaccine  administration
 sites will have an adequate supply of vaccinations and ensure timely and
 equitable administration of vaccinations;
   (d)  Determine  a  methodology  for  how vaccines will be allocated to
 long-term care facilities, health care providers, pharmacies,  hospitals
 and local government health departments;
   (e)  Coordinate with local governments and local health departments to
 ensure that adequate vaccines are available and are  being  administered
 in  an  equitable  manner  at  state  and non-state operated vaccination
 administration sites;
   (f) Coordinate with the Federal Government's Pharmacy Partnership  for
 Long-Term  Care  Program to ensure that residents and staff at long-term
 care facilities are receiving vaccines in a timely and equitable manner;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (g) Publicly report vaccine doses received by the state,  including  a
 distinction  for first and second doses, and doses administered, includ-
 ing a breakdown of first and second doses when applicable;
   (h)  Undertake  outreach  measures to educate residents on the vaccine
 distribution plan and the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine; and
   (i) Ensure information technology infrastructure that will be utilized
 for the public to schedule appointments, through a single  online-portal
 or  telephone hotline for vaccination administration with state operated
 vaccine administration sites, pharmacies, or their health  care  provid-
 ers.
   2.  Such  plan  shall  be  updated  and posted on a publicly available
 website on a weekly basis.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.