STATE OF NEW YORK
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8334
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 3, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the insurance law and the social services law, in
relation to insurance reimbursement for vaccination for severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Clause (iii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph 17 of
2 subsection (i) of section 3216 of the insurance law, as amended by chap-
3 ter 219 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
4 (iii) necessary immunizations, as determined by the superintendent in
5 consultation with the commissioner of health, consisting of at least
6 adequate dosages of vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, severe acute
7 respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, tetanus, polio, measles, rubella,
8 mumps, haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis b, which meet the
9 standards approved by the United States public health service for such
10 biological products.
11 § 2. Clause (iii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph 8 of subsection (l)
12 of section 3221 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 219 of the
13 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
14 (iii) necessary immunizations, as determined by the superintendent in
15 consultation with the commissioner of health, consisting of at least
16 adequate dosages of vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, severe acute
17 respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, tetanus, polio, measles, rubella,
18 mumps, haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis b, which meet the
19 standards approved by the United States public health service for such
20 biological products.
21 § 3. Subparagraph (C) of paragraph 2 of subsection (j) of section 4303
22 of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 219 of the laws of 2011, is
23 amended to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (C) necessary immunizations, as determined by the superintendent in
2 consultation with the commissioner of health, consisting of at least
3 adequate dosages of vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, severe acute
4 respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, tetanus, polio, measles, rubella,
5 mumps, haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis b, which meet the
6 standards approved by the United States public health service for such
7 biological products.
8 § 4. Paragraph (v) of subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social
9 services law, as added by section 4 of part B of chapter 58 of the laws
10 of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
11 (v) administration of vaccinations, consisting of at least adequate
12 dosages of vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, severe acute respir-
13 atory syndrome coronavirus 2, tetanus, polio, measles, rubella, mumps,
14 haemophilus influenzae type b and hepatitis b, which meet the standards
15 approved by the United States public health service for such biological
16 products, in a pharmacy by a certified pharmacist within [his or her]
17 their scope of practice.
18 § 5. This act shall take effect on the first of January after it shall
19 have become a law and shall apply to any contract entered into, deliv-
20 ered, amended or modified on or after the date it takes effect.
