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A08280 Summary:
BILL NO | A08280C |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | McDonald (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Lupardo, Gallahan, Otis, Galef, Abinanti, Buttenschon, Fahy, Miller B, Gottfried, Englebright, Santabarbara, Kelles |
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MLTSPNSR | Angelino, Giglio JM |
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Add §3005-c, amd §2168, Pub Health L; amd §§6527 & 6909, Ed L | |
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Authorizes emergency medical technicians to administer certain vaccines pursuant to non-patient specific orders and under the authority of an emergency medical services director after receiving appropriate training; authorizes physicians and certified nurse practitioners to prescribe and order a non-patient specific order to an emergency medical technician to administer certain vaccines; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. |
A08280 Actions:
BILL NO | A08280C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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09/13/2021 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/05/2022 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/26/2022 | amend and recommit to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/26/2022 | print number 8280a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/06/2022 | amend (t) and recommit to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/06/2022 | print number 8280b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/10/2022 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/16/2022 | amend and recommit to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/16/2022 | print number 8280c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/23/2022 | reported referred to rules |
A08280 Committee Votes:
Gottfried | Aye | Byrne | Nay | ||||||
Galef | Aye | McDonough | Nay | ||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Byrnes | Nay | ||||||
Cahill | Aye | Ashby | Aye | ||||||
Paulin | Aye | Salka | Nay | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Jensen | Nay | ||||||
Gunther | Aye | Gandolfo | Nay | ||||||
Rosenthal L | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Steck | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
Solages | Aye | ||||||||
Bichotte Hermel | Aye | ||||||||
Sayegh | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal D | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Reyes | Aye | ||||||||
Gonzalez-Rojas | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Morinello | Nay | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Montesano | Nay | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Reilly | Nay | ||||||
O'Donnell | Aye | Mikulin | Nay | ||||||
Lavine | Aye | Tannousis | Nay | ||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Aye | ||||||||
Vanel | Aye | ||||||||
Cruz | Aye | ||||||||
Carroll | Aye | ||||||||
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A08280 Floor Votes:
There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
Go to topA08280 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8280--C 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY September 13, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, LUPARDO, GALLAHAN, OTIS, GALEF, ABINAN- TI, BUTTENSCHON, FAHY, B. MILLER, GOTTFRIED, ENGLEBRIGHT, SANTABAR- BARA, KELLES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ANGELINO, J. M. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing emer- gency medical technicians to administer certain vaccines pursuant to non-patient specific orders and under the authority of an emergency medical services director; to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing physicians and certified nurse practitioners to prescribe and order a non-patient specific order to an emergency medical techni- cian to administer certain vaccines; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 3005-c to read as follows: 3 § 3005-c. Vaccination by emergency medical technicians. 1. Emergency 4 medical technicians may, pursuant to a non-patient specific order under 5 sections sixty-nine hundred nine and sixty-five hundred twenty-seven of 6 the education law and under the authority of an emergency medical 7 services director while overseen or approved by the department of health 8 or local health departments and operated under the medical supervision 9 of licensed physicians, licensed physician assistants, or certified 10 nurse practitioners administer immunizations to prevent influenza to EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13126-07-2A. 8280--C 2 1 persons two years of age or older, and administer immunizations to 2 prevent COVID-19 to persons eighteen years of age or older, provided 3 that such individuals first receive training in the following areas, as 4 determined by the commissioner after consultation with the commissioner 5 of education: 6 (a) techniques, indications, precautions, contraindications, infection 7 control practices; 8 (b) use of personal protective equipment sufficient to provide the 9 basic level of competence for such tasks; and 10 (c) a current certificate in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 11 which at a minimum must include a certification in basic cardiopulmonary 12 resuscitation by an online program that has received accreditation from 13 the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the Accreditation Council for 14 Pharmacy Education (ACPE), or the Accreditation Council for Continuing 15 Medical Education. 16 2. When an emergency medical technician administers an immunization to 17 prevent influenza or COVID-19, they shall: 18 (a) report such administration to the department of health either 19 through the statewide immunization information system or the citywide 20 immunization registry under section twenty-one hundred sixty-eight of 21 this chapter; and 22 (b) prior to administering the immunization, inform the patient or, 23 where applicable, the person legally responsible for the patient, on the 24 importance of having a primary health care practitioner. 25 § 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 26 2168 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 420 of the laws of 27 2014, is amended and a new subparagraph (iii) is added to read as 28 follows: 29 (ii) A registered professional nurse, or a pharmacist who administers 30 a vaccine pursuant to subdivision two of section sixty-eight hundred one 31 of the education law, or an emergency medical technician who administers 32 an immunization to prevent influenza or COVID-19 under section three 33 thousand five-c of this chapter, to a person nineteen years of age or 34 older, shall report, with the consent of the vaccinee, all such immuni- 35 zations to the department in a format prescribed by the commissioner 36 within fourteen days of administration of such immunizations. Registered 37 professional nurses or pharmacists administering immunizations pursuant 38 to subdivision two of section sixty-eight hundred one of the education 39 law, to persons nineteen years of age or older in the city of New York 40 shall report, with the consent of the vaccinee, in a format prescribed 41 by the city of New York commissioner of health and mental hygiene, all 42 such immunizations to the citywide immunization registry. 43 (iii) An emergency medical technician who administers an immunization 44 under section three thousand five-c of this chapter, to a person less 45 than nineteen years of age, shall report all immunizations to the 46 department in a format prescribed by the commissioner within fourteen 47 days of administration of the immunizations. Emergency medical techni- 48 cians administering such immunizations to persons less than nineteen 49 years of age in the city of New York shall report, in a format 50 prescribed by the city of New York commissioner of health and mental 51 hygiene, all immunizations to the citywide immunization registry. 52 § 3. Section 6527 of the education law is amended by adding a new 53 subdivision 7-b to read as follows: 54 7-b. A licensed physician may prescribe and order a non-patient 55 specific order to an emergency medical technician pursuant to regu-A. 8280--C 3 1 lations made by the commissioner, and consistent with the public health 2 law, for: 3 (a) administering immunizations to prevent influenza to persons two 4 years of age or older; and 5 (b) administering immunizations to prevent COVID-19 to persons eigh- 6 teen years of age or older. 7 § 4. Section 6909 of the education law is amended by adding a new 8 subdivision 11 to read as follows: 9 11. A certified nurse practitioner may prescribe and order a non-pa- 10 tient specific order to an emergency medical technician pursuant to 11 regulations made by the commissioner, and consistent with the public 12 health law, for: 13 (a) administering immunizations to prevent influenza to persons two 14 years of age or older; and 15 (b) administering immunizations to prevent COVID-19 to persons eigh- 16 teen years of age or older. 17 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 18 deemed repealed June 1, 2024.