Requires the commissioner of health to establish at least one state-operated COVID-19 vaccination site in counties outside of the city of New York with a population of at least 300,000; provides that such site shall be open and operational with hours of operation, staffing levels and other resources necessary to ensure that such site operates in a substantially similar manner to other state-operated COVID-19 vaccination sites.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5295
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 1, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT in relation to requiring the commissioner of health to establish
at least one state-operated COVID-19 vaccination site in certain coun-
ties outside of the city of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Within 30 days of the effective date of this act, the
2 commissioner of health shall create and implement a program to ensure
3 that in counties with a population of at least 300,000, determined in
4 accordance with the latest decennial federal census, and located outside
5 of a city with a population of one million or more, at least one state-
6 operated COVID-19 vaccination site is open and operational with hours of
7 operation, staffing levels and any other resources necessary to ensure
8 that such site operates in a substantially similar manner to other
9 state-operated COVID-19 vaccination sites currently in operation.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10021-03-1