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Apr 19, 2022 | referred to health |
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9913 I N A S S E M B L Y April 19, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to an exemption from certain vaccination requirements for school attendance based upon religious beliefs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2164 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows: 9. THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO CHILDREN WHOSE PARENT, PARENTS, OR GUARDIAN HOLD GENUINE AND SINCERE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS WHICH ARE CONTRARY TO THE PRACTICES HEREIN REQUIRED, AND NO CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REQUIRED AS A PREREQUISITE TO SUCH CHILDREN BEING ADMITTED OR RECEIVED INTO SCHOOL OR ATTENDING SCHOOL. § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 2164 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 35 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 6. In the event that a person in parental relation to a child makes application for admission of such child to a school or has a child attending school and there exists no certificate or other acceptable evidence of the child's immunization against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, diphtheria, rubella, varicella, hepatitis B, pertussis, teta- nus, and, where applicable, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), menin- gococcal disease, and pneumococcal disease, the principal, teacher, owner or person in charge of the school shall inform such person of the necessity to have the child immunized, that such immunization may be administered by any health practitioner, or that the child may be immun- ized without charge by the health officer in the county where the child resides, if such person executes a consent therefor. In the event that such person does not wish to select a health practitioner to administer the immunization, he or she shall be provided with a form which shall give notice that as a prerequisite to processing the application for admission to, or for continued attendance at, the school such person shall state a valid reason for withholding consent or consent shall be EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.