STATE OF NEW YORK
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7774
IN SENATE
January 11, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to giving schools
improved access to the statewide immunization database for the immuni-
zation records of certain children; and to amend a chapter of the laws
of 2021 amending the public health law relating to giving schools
improved access to the statewide immunization database, as proposed in
legislative bills numbers A. 5062 and S. 4962, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 8 of
2 section 2168 of the public health law, as amended by a chapter of the
3 laws of 2021, amending the public health law relating to giving schools
4 improved access to the statewide immunization database, as proposed in
5 legislative bills numbers A. 5062 and S. 4962, is amended to read as
6 follows:
7 (i) schools for the purpose of verifying immunization status for
8 eligibility for admission, for the purpose of confirming a student has
9 been screened for lead when enrolling in child care, pre-school or
10 kindergarten, and for the provision of appropriate educational materials
11 developed by the department pursuant to section thirteen hundred seven-
12 ty-a of this chapter on the dangers of lead exposure, and the health
13 risks associated with elevated blood lead levels to the parents or legal
14 guardians of the student with an elevated blood lead level, as such term
15 is defined in subdivision six of section thirteen hundred seventy of
16 this chapter, as well as information on programs that may be available
17 to the student and the parents or legal guardians of the student[,
18 provided that, for every school that has applied for and been granted
19 access to identifiable registrant information pursuant to this subdivi-
20 sion]. For each school that has the technical ability to batch download
21 sets of immunization records, the department shall make available [the
22 capability to batch download] such sets of immunization records of only
23 those children [under their administrative responsibility] submitted by
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 the school for which the school has obtained a certificate of immuniza-
2 tion or for which the school has responsibility to verify the immuniza-
3 tion status for school attendance purposes under section twenty-one
4 hundred sixty-four of this article. Schools shall properly safeguard
5 such information for use only as authorized by this section;
6 § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2021, amending the public
7 health law relating to giving schools improved access to the statewide
8 immunization database, as proposed in legislative bills numbers A. 5062
9 and S. 4962, is amended to read as follows:
10 § 2. This act shall take effect [immediately] July 1, 2022.
11 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
12 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
13 same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021, amending the public health
14 law relating to giving schools improved access to the statewide immuni-
15 zation database, as proposed in legislative bills numbers A. 5062 and S.
16 4962, takes effect.
