A8231A-2011 Actions

• Jun 11, 2012: reported referred to ways and means
• Jun 5, 2012: reported referred to codes
• May 31, 2012: print number 8231b
• May 31, 2012: amend and recommit to health
• May 25, 2012: print number 8231a
• May 25, 2012: amend and recommit to health
• Jan 4, 2012: referred to health
• Jun 7, 2011: referred to health

A8231A-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 8231--A
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 June 7, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- 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  commit
 tee
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to raising the level
 of immunity of children against meningococcal disease
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. 

Section 2167 of the public health law, as added by chapter
 165 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:

 

S  2167.  Immunization against meningococcal meningitis. 1. As used in
 this section, unless the context requires otherwise:

 a. The term "student" means [a] ANY person WHO IS IN SEVENTH GRADE  OR
 A  COMPARABLE  AGE  LEVEL  SPECIAL  EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH AN UNASSIGNED
 GRADE AT A SCHOOL, OR attending an institution and, in  the  case  of  a
 student attending college, "student" means a person who is registered to
 attend  or who attends classes at an institution, who is enrolled for at
 least six semester hours or the equivalent per  semester,  or  at  least
 four semester hours per quarter.
 b.  The  term "institution" means an academy or college, as defined in
 section two of the education law, or  a  children's  overnight  camp  as
 defined  in  section one thousand three hundred ninety-two of this chap
 ter, where the person attending such camp remains overnight for a period
 of not fewer than seven days.
 c. The term "immunization" means an  adequate  dose  or  doses  of  an
 immunizing agent against meningococcal meningitis which meets the stand
 ards  approved  by  the  United  States  public  health service for such
 biological products and which is approved by the department  under  such
 conditions  as may be specified by the public health AND HEALTH PLANNING
 council.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11275-09-2
 
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 D.  THE TERM "SCHOOL" MEANS ANY PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR PAROCHIAL  INTERME
 DIATE OR SECONDARY SCHOOL.
 2. Each institution AND SCHOOL shall distribute, in a form provided or
 approved  by  the  commissioner, written information about meningococcal
 meningitis and meningitis immunization to all students. The  information
 provided  by the institution OR SCHOOL shall include, but not be limited
 to, the following:

 a. a description of the disease and means of transmission;
 b. the benefits, risks, and effectiveness of immunization;
 c. the availability and cost of immunization, including an  indication
 of whether or not the institution OR SCHOOL offers meningococcal mening
 itis immunization services.
 3.  Each  institution  AND  SCHOOL  shall  also  distribute, in a form
 provided or approved by the commissioner [of health], a  response  form,
 to be completed by the student or, where the student is under the age of
 eighteen  years,  such student's parent or guardian, which shall include
 the following:

 a. The student, or if under the age of eighteen years  the  parent  or
 guardian of the student, certifies that the student has already received
 immunization  against  meningococcal  meningitis  within  the  ten years
 preceding the date of the response form;
 b. The student, or if under the age of eighteen years  the  parent  or
 guardian  of  such  student,  has  received and reviewed the information
 provided by the institution OR SCHOOL, understands the risks of meningo
 coccal meningitis and the benefits of immunization, and has decided that
 the student shall not obtain immunization against meningococcal meningi
 tis.
 The student, or if under the age of eighteen years the parent or guar
 dian of such student, shall indicate his or her decision  in  a  box  or
 space  placed  appropriately  on the form and shall return the completed
 form to the institution OR SCHOOL.  Nothing in this subdivision shall be
 construed to prohibit an institution OR SCHOOL  from  incorporating  the
 form  required  by  this  subdivision into another health certificate or
 form required by the institution OR SCHOOL.
 4. Each institution AND SCHOOL shall maintain [completed] A RECORD  OF
 THE response [forms].
 5.  No  institution  OR  SCHOOL shall permit any student to attend the
 institution OR SCHOOL in excess of thirty days  without  complying  with
 this  section;  provided,  however,  that  such thirty day period may be
 extended to not more than sixty days if a student can show a good  faith
 effort to comply with this section.
 6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit institutions
 AND SCHOOLS from adopting or maintaining more stringent policies regard
 ing immunization against meningococcal meningitis.
 

S  2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2013; provided, that, effec
 tive immediately, any actions necessary to implement the  provisions  of
 this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  and directed to be
 completed on or before such date.

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