NY State Senate Bill S1531

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Jan 12, 2023	referred to health

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S1531 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2168, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S4494
2021-2022: S75

S1531 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a health care provider who administers an immunization to a person nineteen years of age or older to report such information to the department of health or to a regional health information organization unless such person objects to such reporting.

S1531 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1531

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to adult immunization
reporting requirements

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Requires health care providers who administer any vaccines to a person
19 years of age or older to report all such vaccinations to the New York
State Department of Health, or, for health care providers located in New
York City, the New York City Department of Health.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends Public Health Law § 2168 (3)(b)(i) and (ii)
to require health care' providers to report all adult vaccinations that
they administer to the state or NYC Department of Health, as appropri-
ate, immunization registry. Reporting the vaccination to a regional
health information organization or health information exchange that

reports to the immunization registry shall fulfil the reporting require-
ments. No report shall be made under this paragraph if a patient or
person authorized to consent for the patient objects before the report
is made.

Section 2 of the bill is the effective date of 90 days after it becomes
law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation builds on the immunization registry law by requiring
that health care providers report immunizations given to adults to the
appropriate immunization registry, to assist individuals and their vari-
ous health care providers by having accurate information on the
patient's vaccination status when considering whether the patient needs
a particular vaccination. This would also facilitate public health moni-
toring of immunization rates, tracking of where people are receiving
immunizations, and tailoring public outreach efforts accordingly.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.75-A of 2021-2022 (Hoylman): Died in Health

A.279-A of 2021-2022 (Gottfried): Ordered to Third Reading

2019-2020: A6847 referred to health committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

S1531 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1531
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, COMRIE, KRUEGER, PERSAUD, RIVERA --
   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 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-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05405-01-3

 S. 1531                             2
 
 teen  days  of  administration of such immunizations. Registered profes-
 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.

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Brad Hoylman-Sigal

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Roxanne J. Persaud

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S1531 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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