S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8383--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 13, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LASHER, PAULIN, McDONALD, MAGNARELLI, LUPARDO,
SEAWRIGHT, ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the admin-
istration of immunizations pursuant to recommendations made by the
commissioner of health; and to amend the public health law, in
relation to removing the requirement to follow the centers for disease
control and prevention recommendation for immunization against menin-
gococcal disease
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (e) of paragraph 2 of section 6801 of the
education law, as amended by section 1 of part DD of chapter 57 of the
laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
(e) administer the immunization or immunizations according to the most
current recommendations by the advisory committee for immunization prac-
tices (ACIP), OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE
COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH PERTAINING TO A VACCINE THAT HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED
BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, provided however, that a pharmacist
may administer any immunization authorized under this section when spec-
ified by a patient specific order.
§ 2. Subparagraph a of paragraph 4 of section 6801 of the education
law, as amended by section 1 of part DD of chapter 57 of the laws of
2018, is amended to read as follows:
[a.] (A) a clearly visible posting of the most current "Recommended
Adult Immunization Schedule" published by the advisory committee for
immunization practices (ACIP) AND ANY SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES PUBLISHED
BY THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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§ 3. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 2164 of the public health
law, as added by chapter 401 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
follows:
c. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state entering
or having entered seventh grade and twelfth grade or a comparable age
level special education program with an unassigned grade on or after
September first, two thousand sixteen, shall have administered to such
child an adequate dose or doses of immunizing agents against meningococ-
cal disease [as recommended by the advisory committee on immunization
practices of the centers for disease control and prevention,] 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 and plan-
ning council.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.