Assembly Bill A4132

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Protects the confidentiality of vaccine information; repealer

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Current Bill Status Via S837 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2023-A4132 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S837
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2168, 2169, 2183 & 2180, rpld §2180 subs 13 - 18 & 20, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.6541-A & A.7326-A)

2023-A4132 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Protects the confidentiality of vaccine information; relates to the sharing of vaccine registry information; provides that anyone requiring an immunization passport shall accept a valid COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card.

2023-A4132 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4132
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to protecting the
   confidentiality of vaccine information; and to  repeal  provisions  of
   the public health law relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 11-a of section 2168 of the public health  law,
 as  added  by  a chapter of the laws of 2022, amending the public health
 law relating to protecting the confidentiality of  vaccine  information,
 as  proposed  in  legislative  bills numbers S. 6541-A and A. 7326-A, is
 amended to read as follows:
   11-a. The commissioner, or in the city of New York,  the  commissioner
 of  the department of health and mental hygiene, may only share registry
 information MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, OR IN THE CASE OF THE CITYWIDE
 IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY, THE CITY OF NEW YORK UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  or
 successor  agency,  for  public health purposes in summary, statistical,
 aggregate, or other form such that no individual person can  be  identi-
 fied,  except  that  either  such commissioner may disclose identifiable
 registrant information to the federal Centers for  Disease  Control  and
 Prevention,  or  its  successor agency, when the commissioner has deter-
 mined that the disclosure is in the best interests of the registrant  or
 will  contribute  to  the  protection  of  public health[,] AND that the
 objective of the disclosure cannot be served by  disclosure  limited  to
 de-identified  information,  [and]  OR the federal health officials have
 committed in writing not to redisclose to or share  registrant  informa-
 tion  with  any  other  federal agency, including but not limited to the
 department of homeland security, immigration  and  customs  enforcement,
 customs  and  border  protection,  or  any  successor agency, or any law
 enforcement agency; provided that either such commissioner may forgo the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04035-01-3
              

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