A09141 Summary:
BILL NO | A09141A |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | Durso |
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COSPNSR | DeStefano, Ashby, Gandolfo, Lawler, McDonough, Byrnes, Angelino, Tague, Montesano, Lemondes, Jensen, Manktelow, Miller B, Tannousis |
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MLTSPNSR | DiPietro |
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Amd 2504, Pub Health L | |
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Requires a parent, guardian or person in a parental relation to a child under the age of eighteen to be physically present when any immunization is administered to such child. |
A09141 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9141--A IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DURSO, DeSTEFANO, ASHBY, GANDOLFO, LAWLER, McDO- NOUGH, BYRNES, ANGELINO, TAGUE, MONTESANO, LEMONDES, JENSEN, MANKTE- LOW, B. MILLER, TANNOUSIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring a person in a parental relation to a child be physically present during any immunization The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2504 of the public health law, as 2 added by chapter 769 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows: 3 1. (a) Any person who is eighteen years of age or older, or is the 4 parent of a child or has married, may give effective consent for 5 medical, dental, health and hospital services for himself or herself, 6 and the consent of no other person shall be necessary. 7 (b) A parent, guardian or person in a parental relation to a child 8 under the age of eighteen shall be physically present when any immuniza- 9 tion is administered to such child unless the child: (i) is an emanci- 10 pated minor; (ii) has been living separate and apart from any parent, 11 guardian, or person in a parental relation to the child; (iii) is a 12 runaway youth as defined in section five hundred thirty-two-a of the 13 executive law; (iv) is a homeless youth as defined in section five 14 hundred thirty-two-a of the executive law; (v) is enrolled in a runaway 15 and homeless youth crisis services program; (vi) is in a residential 16 transitional independent living support program pursuant to section five 17 hundred thirty-two-d of the executive law; (vii) is not under the super- 18 vision or control of a parent, custodian, or legal guardian; or (viii) 19 is not in the care and custody of the office of children and family 20 services. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13596-02-2