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A07326 Summary:
BILL NO | A07326A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S06541-A |
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SPONSOR | Gottfried |
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COSPNSR | Brabenec, Cymbrowitz, Dickens, Englebright, Gallagher, Hevesi, McDonald, Montesano, Otis, Paulin, Simon, Taylor, Thiele, Zinerman, Lavine, Davila, Forrest, Barron, Fernandez, De La Rosa, Gonzalez-Rojas, Goodell, Seawright |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §§2168 & 2180, add §§2169 & 2183, Pub Health L | |
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Restricts vaccine registry information from discovery and other process; requires the commissioner of health and the New York City commissioner of health and mental hygiene to develop regulations to protect patient vaccine information from disclosure. |
A07326 Actions:
BILL NO | A07326A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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05/05/2021 | referred to health | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/20/2021 | reported referred to codes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/02/2021 | reported referred to rules | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2021 | reported | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2021 | rules report cal.676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2021 | ordered to third reading rules cal.676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2021 | passed assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2021 | delivered to senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2021 | REFERRED TO RULES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/05/2022 | DIED IN SENATE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/05/2022 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/05/2022 | ordered to third reading cal.239 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/16/2022 | passed assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/16/2022 | delivered to senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/16/2022 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2022 | recalled from senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2022 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2022 | vote reconsidered - restored to third reading | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2022 | amended on third reading 7326a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2022 | substituted by s6541a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | S06541 AMEND=A RIVERA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/05/2021 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/19/2021 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 01/05/2022 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/03/2022 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/27/2022 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/27/2022 | PRINT NUMBER 6541A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/02/2022 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/02/2022 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1892 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/02/2022 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/02/2022 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/02/2022 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/03/2022 | substituted for a7326a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/03/2022 | ordered to third reading cal.239 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/03/2022 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/03/2022 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 12/19/2022 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 12/30/2022 | SIGNED CHAP.829 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 12/30/2022 | APPROVAL MEMO.107 |
A07326 Committee Votes:
Gottfried | Aye | Byrne | Aye | ||||||
Galef | Aye | McDonough | Aye | ||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Byrnes | Aye | ||||||
Cahill | Aye | Ashby | Aye | ||||||
Paulin | Aye | Miller | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Salka | Aye | ||||||
Gunther | Aye | Jensen | Aye | ||||||
Rosenthal L | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Steck | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
Solages | Aye | ||||||||
Bichotte Hermel | Aye | ||||||||
Barron | Aye | ||||||||
Sayegh | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal D | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Reyes | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Reilly | Aye | ||||||
O'Donnell | Aye | Mikulin | Aye | ||||||
Lavine | Aye | Tannousis | Aye | ||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Aye | ||||||||
Vanel | Aye | ||||||||
Cruz | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Excused | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Aubry | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
Dickens | Aye | ||||||||
Davila | Aye | ||||||||
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A07326 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Clark
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Colton
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simon
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Darling
Yes
Glick
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barron
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Goodell
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Rivera JD
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Durso
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller M
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brown
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Jensen
ER
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jones
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
ER
Forrest
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Mr. Speaker
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Colton
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Perry
Yes
Solages
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Steck
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stern
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lunsford
ER
Quart
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Ra
Yes
Tague
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Darling
Yes
Glick
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reilly
ER
Taylor
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Goodell
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Rivera JD
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brabenec
No
DiPietro
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Durso
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller
ER
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brown
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Williams
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Niou
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fall
Yes
Jean-Pierre
ER
Nolan
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Norris
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Jones
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simon
Yes
Cahill
No
Friend
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Kim
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Smith
Yes
Clark
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smullen
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Clark
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Smith
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Solages
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cunningham
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lucas
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Darling
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Davila
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Rivera JD
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Brown E
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
ER
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brown K
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Durso
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burke
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Williams
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fall
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Jones
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Mr. Speaker
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A07326 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7326--A Cal. No. 239 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 5, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, BRABENEC, CYMBROWITZ, DICKENS, ENGLE- BRIGHT, GALLAGHER, HEVESI, McDONALD, MONTESANO, OTIS, PAULIN, SIMON, TAYLOR, THIELE, ZINERMAN, LAVINE, DAVILA, FORREST, FERNANDEZ, GONZA- LEZ-ROJAS, GOODELL, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health -- ordered to a third reading -- passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to protecting the confidentiality of vaccine information The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 2168 of the public health law, 2 as amended by chapter 154 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 11. The commissioner, or in the city of New York, the commissioner of 5 the department of health and mental hygiene, may provide registrant 6 specific immunization and lead test records to the federal centers for 7 disease control and prevention or its successor agency, to other state 8 or city registries and registries maintained by the Indian Health 9 Service and tribal nations recognized by the state or the United States 10 pursuant to a written agreement requiring that the other registry 11 conform to national standards for maintaining the integrity of the data 12 and that the data will [not] only be used for purposes [inconsistent] 13 consistent with the provisions of this section and provided that disclo- 14 sure of identifiable registrant information shall be limited to the 15 minimum amount necessary to accomplish the purposes consistent with the 16 provisions of this section as determined by the commissioner, or in the 17 city of New York, the commissioner of the department of health and 18 mental hygiene. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11016-03-2A. 7326--A 2 1 § 2. Section 2168 of the public health law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 11-a to read as follows: 3 11-a. The commissioner, or in the city of New York, the commissioner 4 of the department of health and mental hygiene, may only share registry 5 information with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 6 or successor agency, for public health purposes in summary, statistical, 7 aggregate, or other form such that no individual person can be identi- 8 fied, except that either such commissioner may disclose identifiable 9 registrant information to the federal Centers for Disease Control and 10 Prevention, or its successor agency, when the commissioner has deter- 11 mined that the disclosure is in the best interests of the registrant or 12 will contribute to the protection of public health, that the objective 13 of the disclosure cannot be served by disclosure limited to de-identi- 14 fied information, and the federal health officials have committed in 15 writing not to redisclose to or share registrant information with any 16 other federal agency, including but not limited to the department of 17 homeland security, immigration and customs enforcement, customs and 18 border protection, or any successor agency, or any law enforcement agen- 19 cy; provided that either such commissioner may forgo the written commit- 20 ment if requiring written commitment would result in the actual with- 21 holding of federal funds. 22 § 3. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 2168 of the public 23 health law, as amended by section 7 of part A of chapter 58 of the laws 24 of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 25 (d) [A person, institution or agency to whom such immunization infor-26mation is furnished or to whom, access to records or information has27been given, shall not divulge any part thereof so as to disclose the28identity of such person to whom such information or record relates,29except insofar as such disclosure is necessary for the best interests of30the person or other persons, consistent with the purposes of this31section] (i) Identifiable registrant information is not (1) subject to 32 discovery, subpoena, warrant, or other means of legal compulsion for 33 release to any person or (2) admissible in any civil, administrative, 34 criminal, or family court proceeding, except for the purposes of inves- 35 tigations and prosecutions of allegations of computer tampering or bill- 36 ing fraud related to vaccination records, fraudulent statements related 37 to an individual's vaccination status, an act of violence or attempted 38 violence occurring at the site of a vaccination provider's or vaccine 39 navigator's business, or medical malpractice. Disclosure for these 40 purposes shall be subject to in camera review and approval by the court 41 and, if the use is initiated by a party other than the individual whose 42 registry information is sought, the information must be highly material 43 and relevant for the purpose. 44 (ii) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit commissioners 45 of local social services districts or the commissioner of the office of 46 children and family services from accessing identifiable registrant 47 information under paragraph (d) of subdivision eight of this section. 48 § 4. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 8 of section 49 2168 of the public health law, as amended by section 7 of part A of 50 chapter 58 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: 51 (i) The commissioner may use the statewide immunization information 52 system and the blood lead information in such system for purposes of 53 outreach, quality improvement and accountability, including professional 54 responsibility proceedings of the office of professional medical conduct 55 and the state education department, research, epidemiological studies 56 and disease control, and to obtain blood lead test results from physi-A. 7326--A 3 1 cian office laboratories for the statewide registry of lead levels of 2 children established pursuant to subdivision two of section thirteen 3 hundred seventy-a of this chapter; (ii) the commissioner of health and 4 mental hygiene for the city of New York may use the immunization regis- 5 try and the blood lead information in such system for purposes of 6 outreach, quality improvement and accountability, research, epidemiolog- 7 ical studies and disease control; (iii) local health departments shall 8 have access to the immunization information system and the blood lead 9 information in such system for purposes of outreach, quality improvement 10 and accountability, epidemiological studies and disease control within 11 their county; and 12 § 5. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 8 of section 2168 of the public 13 health law, as amended by chapter 420 of the laws of 2014, is amended to 14 read as follows: 15 (c) health care providers and their designees, registered professional 16 nurses, and pharmacists authorized to administer immunizations pursuant 17 to subdivision two of section sixty-eight hundred one of the education 18 law shall have access to the statewide immunization information system 19 and the blood lead information in such system only for purposes of 20 submission of information about vaccinations received by a specific 21 registrant, determination of the immunization status of a specific 22 registrant, determination of the blood lead testing status of a specific 23 registrant, submission of the results from a blood lead analysis of a 24 sample obtained from a specific registrant in accordance with paragraph 25 (h) of subdivision two of this section, review of practice coverage, 26 generation of reminder notices, quality improvement and accountability, 27 including professional responsibility proceedings of the office of 28 professional medical conduct and the state education department, and 29 printing a copy of the immunization or lead testing record for the 30 registrant's medical record, for the registrant's parent or guardian, or 31 other person in parental or custodial relation to a child, or for a 32 registrant upon reaching eighteen years of age. 33 § 6. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2169 to 34 read as follows: 35 § 2169. Vaccine confidentiality. 1. As used in this section, unless 36 context requires otherwise: 37 (a) The term "consent" shall mean informed, affirmative, and voluntary 38 authorization. 39 (b) The term "de-identified" shall mean that the information cannot 40 identify or be made to identify or be associated with a particular indi- 41 vidual, directly or indirectly, and is subject to technical safeguards 42 and policies and procedures that prevent re-identification, whether 43 intentionally or unintentionally, of any individual. 44 (c) The term "disclosure" shall mean release, transfer, provision of, 45 access to, or divulging in any other manner of information outside the 46 entity holding the information. 47 (d) The term "immigration authority" means any entity, officer, 48 employee, or government employee or agent thereof charged with or 49 engaged in enforcement of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, 50 including the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United 51 States Department of Homeland Security, or United States Customs and 52 Border Protection, or agent, contractor, or employee thereof, or any 53 successor legislation or entity. 54 (e) The term "law enforcement agent or entity" means any governmental 55 entity or public servant, or agent, contractor or employee thereof, 56 authorized to investigate, prosecute, or make an arrest for a criminalA. 7326--A 4 1 or civil offense, or engaged in any such activity, but shall not mean 2 the department, the commissioner, a health district, a county department 3 of health, a county health commissioner, a local board of health, a 4 local health officer, the department of health and mental hygiene of the 5 city of New York, or the commissioner of the department of health and 6 mental hygiene of the city of New York. 7 (f) The term "personal information" shall mean information obtained 8 from or about an individual, in connection with their registering for or 9 receiving a vaccination, that directly or indirectly identifies, relates 10 to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably 11 be linked to a particular individual, household, or personal device. 12 Information is reasonably linkable to an individual, household, or 13 personal device if it can be used on its own or in combination with 14 other reasonably available information, regardless of whether such other 15 information is held by the vaccine navigator or vaccine provider, to 16 identify an individual, household, or a personal device. 17 (g) The term "service attendant to the delivery of immunization" shall 18 mean scheduling and billing for an immunization appointment, sending 19 reminders about immunization, arranging transportation to or from a 20 vaccine provider, or reporting to the department, the New York City 21 department of health and mental hygiene, or other local health agency on 22 whose behalf such vaccine navigator is performing such services. 23 (h) The term "use" shall mean, with respect to personal information, 24 the sharing, employment, application, utilization, examination or analy- 25 sis of such information within an entity that maintains such informa- 26 tion. 27 (i) The term "vaccine navigator" shall mean any person that collects 28 personal information from an individual in order to register that indi- 29 vidual for immunization or to help that individual register for immuni- 30 zation, provided the department, a local public health agency, or a 31 person that administers vaccines are not vaccine navigators if they only 32 store vaccine recipient personal information in medical records 33 protected under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Account- 34 ability Act of 1996, its implementing regulations, or section eighteen 35 of this chapter. 36 2. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this subdivision, absent 37 consent from the individual seeking immunization, or if the individual 38 lacks the capacity to make health care decisions, an individual author- 39 ized to consent to health care for the individual or the individual's 40 legal representative, a vaccine navigator shall not use, disclose, or 41 maintain personal information except as necessary to provide services 42 attendant to the delivery of immunization. 43 (b) A vaccine navigator may request consent from an individual, or if 44 the individual lacks the capacity to make health care decisions, an 45 individual authorized to consent to health care for the individual or 46 the individual's legal representative, to use, disclose, or maintain the 47 individual's personal information for purposes other than services 48 attendant to the delivery of immunization provided that: 49 (i) a vaccine navigator shall not refuse to provide a service attend- 50 ant to the delivery of immunization for an individual who does not 51 provide such consent; 52 (ii) a vaccine navigator shall not relate the price or quality of any 53 service attendant to the delivery of immunization to the privacy 54 protections afforded the individual, including by providing a discount 55 or other incentive in exchange for such consent, provided that this 56 paragraph does not prohibit the offering of incentives to individuals toA. 7326--A 5 1 get vaccinated; provided that such incentives shall not be conditioned 2 on an individual's consent to additional uses, disclosures, or mainte- 3 nance of their personal information except as necessary to provide the 4 incentive; and 5 (iii) a vaccine navigator shall clearly delineate what personal infor- 6 mation is adequate, relevant, and necessary to provide a service attend- 7 ant to the delivery of immunization by clearly and conspicuously indi- 8 cating in any solicitation for the information that all other requests 9 for personal information are optional. 10 (c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this subdivision: 11 (i) No vaccine navigator may provide personal information or otherwise 12 make personal information accessible, directly or indirectly, to a law 13 enforcement agent or entity or immigration authority; 14 (ii) No vaccine navigator may provide personal information or other- 15 wise make personal information accessible, directly or indirectly, to 16 any other individual or entity, except as explicitly authorized by this 17 title; and 18 (iii) Without consent under this subdivision, personal information and 19 any evidence derived therefrom shall not be subject to or provided in 20 response to any legal process or be admissible for any purpose in any 21 judicial or administrative action or proceeding. 22 (d) (i) This section does not bar otherwise lawful disclosure, 23 possession or use of information pertaining to services attendant to the 24 delivery of immunization, including aggregate information, that is de-i- 25 dentified. Disclosure, possession or use under this subparagraph shall 26 only be for a public health or public health research purposes. 27 (ii) A person may only possess or use de-identified information 28 pertaining to services attendant to the delivery of immunization if the 29 person maintains technical safeguards and policies and procedures that 30 prevent re-identification, whether intentional or unintentional, of any 31 individual, as may be required by the commissioner (or the New York city 32 commissioner of health and mental hygiene, in the case of information 33 collected by or under authority of the New York city department of 34 health and mental hygiene. The commissioner (or the New York city 35 commissioner as the case may be) shall require safeguards, policies and 36 procedures under this paragraph as the commissioner deems practicable. 37 (iii) Disclosure, possession and use of de-identified information 38 under this subdivision shall be only pursuant to approval by the commis- 39 sioner (or the New York city commissioner of health and mental hygiene 40 in the case of information collected by or under authority of the New 41 York city department of health and mental hygiene) specifying the 42 purpose, nature and scope of the disclosure, possession and use and 43 measures to ensure that it will comply with this section and the terms 44 of the approval. 45 (iv) This section does not prevent disclosure of personal information 46 sought for the purposes of investigations and prosecutions of allega- 47 tions of computer tampering or billing fraud related to vaccination 48 records, fraudulent statements related to an individual's vaccination 49 status, an act of violence or attempted violence occurring at the site 50 of a vaccination provider's or vaccine navigator's business, or medical 51 malpractice, professional discipline, or defense of any claim brought 52 against a vaccine navigator or provider. Disclosure for these purposes 53 shall be subject to in camera review and approval by the court and, if 54 the use is initiated by a party other than the individual whose registry 55 information is sought, the information must be highly material and rele- 56 vant for the purpose.A. 7326--A 6 1 (e) A vaccine navigator that maintains personal information shall 2 establish appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safe- 3 guards, policies, and procedures that ensure the security of that 4 personal information. The safeguards, policies, and procedures must be 5 appropriate to the volume and nature of the personal information main- 6 tained and the size, revenue, and sophistication of the vaccine naviga- 7 tor and must ensure that personal information is encrypted and protected 8 at least as much as or more than other confidential information in the 9 vaccine navigator's possession. The commissioner or, in the city of New 10 York, the commissioner of the department of health and mental hygiene 11 shall make regulations as reasonably necessary to require that personal 12 information possessed, used, or under the control of a vaccine navigator 13 shall be subject to technical safeguards, policies, and procedures for 14 storage, transmission, use, and protection of the information. The regu- 15 lations must take into account the different sizes, revenues and sophis- 16 tications of different vaccine navigators, as well as the volume and 17 nature of the personal information they maintain. 18 (f) Nothing in this section shall limit a vaccine navigator that has a 19 pre-existing service provider-client, provider-patient, or familial 20 relationship or a friendship with an individual from processing that 21 individual's personal information as previously agreed to in the course 22 of the pre-existing relationship. 23 3. Vaccine providers. A vaccine provider shall not delay or condition 24 the provision of any service attendant to the delivery of immunization 25 by inviting or requiring an individual seeking vaccination to complete 26 an application for a customer discount card or account or share personal 27 information that will be stored outside of a medical record protected 28 under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 29 1996, its implementing regulations, or section eighteen of this chapter 30 for purposes other than services attendant to the delivery of immuniza- 31 tion, or by engaging in any other activity unrelated to the provision of 32 such a service that the commissioner designates by regulation. 33 § 7. Section 2180 of the public health law is amended by adding nine 34 new subdivisions 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 to read as 35 follows: 36 12. "Covered entity" means a governmental entity or a place of public 37 accommodation, resort or amusement, as defined in section two hundred 38 ninety-two of the executive law. 39 13. "Derived from an immunity passport" means any information 40 contained in or retrieved from an immunity passport, as well as any 41 metadata associated with the use of the immunity passport, including the 42 time and location the immunity passport was used, as well as any infer- 43 ences made based on the information contained in an immunity passport or 44 an immunity passport's usage. 45 14. "Disclose" means the release, transfer, provision of, access to, 46 or divulging in any other manner of information outside the entity hold- 47 ing the information. 48 15. "Governmental entity" means a department or agency of the state or 49 a political subdivision thereof, an individual acting for or on behalf 50 of the state or a political subdivision thereof, or any entity regulated 51 under the social services law. 52 16. "Immunity passport" means a credential, whether digital, electron- 53 ic, or physical, that identifies an individual as having received a 54 COVID-19 vaccine or a COVID-19 test result. 55 17. "Immunity passport provider" means a legal entity that develops, 56 maintains, distributes, or markets immunity passports in New York state.A. 7326--A 7 1 18. "Personal information" means information that directly or indi- 2 rectly identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated 3 with, or could reasonably be linked to a particular individual or 4 personal device. Information is reasonably linkable to an individual or 5 personal device if it can be used on its own or in combination with 6 other reasonably available information, regardless of whether such other 7 information is held by the covered entity or immunity passport provider, 8 to identify an individual or a personal device. 9 19. "Physical immunity passport" means a credential that identifies an 10 individual as having received a COVID-19 vaccine or a COVID-19 test 11 result that does not rely on a digital or electronic device. Physical 12 immunity passports include, but are not limited to, pieces of paper 13 denoting immunity status. 14 20. "Use" means, with respect to personal information, the sharing, 15 employment, application, utilization, examination, or analysis of such 16 information within an entity that maintains such information. 17 § 8. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2183 to 18 read as follows: 19 § 2183. Immunity passports. 1. Any covered entity that requires proof 20 of COVID-19 immunization shall permit the use of physical immunity pass- 21 ports. No covered entity may require digital, electronic, or smart- 22 phone-based proof of immunity. 23 2. Any covered entity that requires the use of an immunity passport 24 shall delete any personal information derived from the immunity passport 25 about the individual to whom the immunity passport pertains within twen- 26 ty-four hours of receiving it, except that where a covered entity has an 27 ongoing relationship with an individual, the covered entity may store 28 the fact that the individual has received a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as 29 a copy of the individual's immunity passport, provided that: 30 (a) the covered entity first obtains the individual's informed, affir- 31 mative, and voluntary consent to store such information, and 32 (b) the covered entity stores any copy of an individual's immunity 33 passport and any personal information derived from the immunity passport 34 as if they were subject to the confidentiality requirements of title I 35 of the Americans with Disabilities Act 42 U.S.C. 12112(d) and its imple- 36 menting regulations, 29 CFR 1630.14. 37 3. An immunity passport provider shall not use or disclose personal 38 information derived from an immunity passport beyond what is adequate, 39 relevant, and necessary to identify an individual as having received a 40 COVID-19 vaccine or a COVID-19 test result and shall not collect, 41 access, receive, capture, store, maintain, use, or disclose personal 42 information pertaining to where or when an individual uses an immunity 43 passport. 44 4. (a) Except as provided in this subdivision, no covered entity or 45 immunity passport provider may: 46 (i) provide personal information derived from an immunity passport or 47 otherwise make such personal information accessible, directly or indi- 48 rectly, to a law enforcement agent or entity or immigration authority; 49 (ii) provide such personal information or otherwise make such personal 50 information accessible, directly or indirectly, to any other individual 51 or entity except as explicitly authorized by this section. 52 (b) Except as provided in this subdivision, personal information 53 derived from an immunity passport, and any evidence derived therefrom, 54 shall not be subject to or provided in response to any legal process or 55 be admissible for any purpose in any judicial or administrative action 56 or proceeding.A. 7326--A 8 1 (c) Personal information derived from an immunity passport, and any 2 evidence derived therefrom, may be disclosed for the purposes of inves- 3 tigations and prosecutions of allegations of computer tampering or frau- 4 dulent statements related to an individual's vaccination status. 5 Disclosure for these purposes shall be subject to in camera review and 6 approval by the court and, if the use is initiated by a party other than 7 the individual whose personal information is sought, the information 8 must be highly material and relevant for the purpose. 9 5. The commissioner shall make regulations as reasonably necessary to 10 ensure that individuals who are medically contraindicated from receiving 11 the COVID-19 vaccine are nonetheless able to obtain reasonable accommo- 12 dations to enable them to access the services of a covered entity, in a 13 manner that does not impose an undue hardship on the covered entity or 14 present a direct threat that cannot be addressed by a reasonable accom- 15 modation. 16 6. Nothing in this section requires a covered entity to require proof 17 of COVID-19 immunity or to independently verify the information 18 contained in an immunity passport. 19 7. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a covered enti- 20 ty's obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, article 21 fifteen of the executive law, the civil rights law, or any other feder- 22 al, state, or local anti-discrimination law. 23 8. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the practices 24 of a health care provider, as defined in section eighteen of this chap- 25 ter, a hospital or nursing home as defined in article twenty-eight of 26 this chapter, a health practitioner as defined in section twenty-one 27 hundred sixty-four of this chapter, a facility, as defined in section 28 33.13 of the mental hygiene law, or a correctional health service 29 governed by the department of corrections and community supervision, the 30 rules of the board of correction in the city of New York, or a county 31 board of correction, with respect to records concerning their patients' 32 vaccinations. 33 § 9. Severability. If any provision of this act, or any application of 34 any provision of this act, is held to be invalid, that shall not affect 35 the validity or effectiveness of any other provision of this act, or of 36 any other application of any provision of this act, which can be given 37 effect without that provision or application; and to that end, the 38 provisions and applications of this act are severable. 39 § 10. This act shall take effect immediately.