NY State Senate Bill 2023-S2726

Senate Bill S2726

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring children enrolled in an overnight, children's non-regulated, summer day, or travelling camp to be vaccinated

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to health
Jan 24, 2023	referred to health

2023-S2726 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2186
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1392 & 1394, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S6279
2021-2022: S4249, A6961

2023-S2726 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires children enrolled in an overnight, children's non-regulated, summer day, or travelling camp to be vaccinated against a specified list of diseases.

2023-S2726 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2726

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring children
enrolled in an overnight, children's non-regulated, summer day, or trav-
elling camp to be vaccinated

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would require that any child attending an overnight, summer
day, travelling summer day or children's non-regulated camp be up to
date on their vaccinations; excluding those with a compromising medical
condition.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Defines children's non-regulated camp.

Section 2: States that each children's overnight, children's non-regu-
lated, summer day, and travelling summer day camp shall ensure that

every child enrolled at such camp has been administered an adequate dose
or doses of an immunizing agent against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles,
diphtheria, rubella, varicella, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib),
pertussis, tetanus, pneumococcal disease, and hepatitis B, which meets
the standards approved by the United States public health service for
such biological products.

If any health care practitioner, as defined in section twenty-one
hundred sixty-four of this chapter, certifies that such immunization may
be detrimental to a child's health, the requirements of this subdivision
shall be inapplicable until such immunization is found no longer to be
detrimental to such child's health.

Section 3: Sets effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The New York State Department of Health code requires many camps to
maintain immunization records for all campers, which are then regularly
reviewed by local health departments.

However, there are no vaccination requirements for admission to camp.
Currently, individual camps must decide if any vaccines are required and
what specifically those vaccines would be.

This legislation would require vaccinations of children attending camp
in New York State with the exception of a child with a medical
exemption.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Senate

2019-2020: S6279, Referred to Health

2021-2022: S4249, Referred to Health

Assembly

2019-2020: No Assembly Same-As

2021-2022: A6961, Referred to Health

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect October 1, 2023.

2023-S2726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2726
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 requiring children
   enrolled in an overnight, children's  non-regulated,  summer  day,  or
   travelling camp to be vaccinated

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1392 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A.  "CHILDREN'S NON-REGULATED CAMP" SHALL MEAN A PROPERTY CONSISTING
 OF A TRACT OF LAND AND ANY TENTS, VEHICLES, BUILDINGS  OR  OTHER  STRUC-
 TURES  THAT  MAY BE PERTINENT TO ITS USE, ANY PART OF WHICH MAY BE OCCU-
 PIED ON A SCHEDULED BASIS BY PERSONS UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS  OF  AGE  UNDER
 GENERAL SUPERVISION FOR THE PURPOSE OF INDOOR OR OUTDOOR ORGANIZED GROUP
 ACTIVITIES,  INVOLVING  PASSIVE  AND NONPASSIVE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES,
 WHICH ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. Section 1394 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
   6-A.  EACH CHILDREN'S OVERNIGHT, CHILDREN'S NON-REGULATED, SUMMER DAY,
 AND TRAVELLING SUMMER DAY CAMP SHALL ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD ENROLLED AT
 SUCH CAMP HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED AN ADEQUATE DOSE OR DOSES OF AN IMMUNIZ-
 ING AGENT AGAINST POLIOMYELITIS, MUMPS,  MEASLES,  DIPHTHERIA,  RUBELLA,
 VARICELLA,  HAEMOPHILUS  INFLUENZAE  TYPE  B  (HIB), PERTUSSIS, TETANUS,
 PNEUMOCOCCAL  DISEASE,  AND  HEPATITIS  B,  WHICH  MEETS  THE  STANDARDS
 APPROVED  BY THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOR SUCH BIOLOGICAL
 PRODUCTS, AND WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT UNDER SUCH  CONDITIONS
 AS  MAY BE SPECIFIED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH COUNCIL. IF ANY HEALTH PRACTI-
 TIONER, AS DEFINED IN SECTION  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FOUR  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER,  CERTIFIES  THAT  SUCH  IMMUNIZATION  MAY  BE  DETRIMENTAL TO A
 CHILD'S HEALTH, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE INAPPLICA-
 BLE UNTIL SUCH IMMUNIZATION IS FOUND NO LONGER TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO SUCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01192-01-3

 S. 2726                             2
 
 CHILD'S HEALTH. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS AS SHALL BE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2023.

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