S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7154
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 11, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to adult immunization
reporting requirements
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 2168 of the
public health law, as amended by chapter 420 of the laws of 2014, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) (i) Any health care provider who administers any vaccine to a
person nineteen years of age or older, [may] SHALL report[, with the
consent of the vaccinee,] all such immunizations to the department in a
format prescribed by the commissioner within fourteen days of adminis-
tration of such immunizations. Health care providers administering
immunizations to persons nineteen years of age or older in the city of
New York [may] SHALL report[, with the consent of the vaccinee,] in a
format prescribed by the city of New York commissioner of health and
mental hygiene, all such immunizations to the citywide immunization
registry. THE REPORTING BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OF ADMINISTRATION OF
AN IMMUNIZATION TO A PERSON NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO A REGIONAL
HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION OR OTHER HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE
SHALL SATISFY THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN THIS SECTION IF SUCH DATA IS
PROVIDED BY THE REGIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION OR HEALTH
INFORMATION EXCHANGE TO THE DEPARTMENT OR CITYWIDE IMMUNIZATION REGIS-
TRY.
(ii) A registered professional nurse, or a pharmacist who administers
a vaccine pursuant to subdivision two of section sixty-eight hundred one
of the education law, to a person nineteen years of age or older, shall
report[, with the consent of the vaccinee,] all such immunizations to
the department in a format prescribed by the commissioner within four-
teen days of administration of such immunizations. Registered profes-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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sional nurses or pharmacists administering immunizations pursuant to
subdivision two of section sixty-eight hundred one of the education law,
to persons nineteen years of age or older in the city of New York shall
report[, with the consent of the vaccinee,] in a format prescribed by
the city of New York commissioner of health and mental hygiene, all such
immunizations to the citywide immunization registry. THE REPORTING BY A
REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE OR A PHARMACIST OF ADMINISTRATION OF AN
IMMUNIZATION TO A PERSON NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO A REGIONAL
HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION OR OTHER HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE
SHALL SATISFY THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN THIS SECTION IF SUCH DATA IS
PROVIDED BY THE REGIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION OR HEALTH
INFORMATION EXCHANGE TO THE DEPARTMENT OR CITYWIDE IMMUNIZATION REGIS-
TRY.
(III) HOWEVER, NO REPORT SHALL BE MADE UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH IF THE
PERSON TO WHOM THE VACCINE IS ADMINISTERED, OR A PERSON AUTHORIZED TO
CONSENT TO HEALTH CARE FOR THE PERSON, OBJECTS TO THE PERSON WHO ADMIN-
ISTERED THE VACCINE, PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF THE REPORT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.