S5069B-2011 Actions

• May 30, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 5069D
• May 30, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
• May 22, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 5069C
• May 22, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
• May 22, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO HEALTH
• Jun 24, 2011: COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 14, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 13, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jun 7, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.1108
• Jun 2, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 5069B
• Jun 2, 2011: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
• May 24, 2011: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• May 17, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 5069A
• May 17, 2011: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
• May 3, 2011: REFERRED TO HEALTH

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BILL NUMBER:S5069

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public health law, in relation to raising the level of
immunity of children against meningococcal disease

PURPOSE: To ensure that parents of children in
certain child care
settings, public schools or non-public schools, receive information
outlining the benefits of immunization against meningococcal disease

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill provides
that the
Commissioner shall administer a program of meningococcal disease
education and outreach to parents and guardians of children ages ten
years to eighteen years of age who attend certain childcare programs,
public schools or non-public schools. The Department of Health shall
make educational materials regarding meningococcal disease and the
benefits of meningitis immunizations available on the department's
website. The Department of Education, and the New York City
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene shall notify such childcare
programs, public schools or non-public schools that information is
available on DOH's website and that the information should be posted
in plain view in anticipation of times of highest risk for
contraction of meningitis as determined by the commissioner of health.

Section 2 of the bill provides the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
This bill strengthens prevention measures to protect
children's health and well-being by educating the children and their
parents of the importance of receiving the meningococcal vaccination
when entering the seventh grade. Meningococcal meningitis is a
serious disease which can lead to death within only a few hours.
Survivors may be left with a severe disability such as loss of limb,
cognitive deficits, paralysis, deafness, or seizures. Meningococcal
outbreaks can cause severe disruption of classes, campus life and
alarm among students and faculty. The FDA has recently commented that
"[m]eningococcal disease is a life-threatening illness caused by
bacteria that infect the bloodstream (sepsis) and the lining that
surrounds the brain and spinal cord (meningitis)... Even with
appropriate antibiotics and intensive care, between 10 percent and 15
percent of people who develop meningococcal disease die from the
infection. Another 10 percent to 20 percent suffer complications such
as brain damage or loss of limb or hearing." This bill requires that
educational materials regarding the meningococcal vaccine be made
available and, if the adolescent subsequently receives the vaccine,
the number of outbreaks should be substantially
reduced.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: This bill will have no fiscal
impact.


EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect August 1, 2011.

S5069B-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 5069--B
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 May 3, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to  said  committee  --  reported  favorably  from  said committee and
 committed to the Committee on Finance --  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
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11275-07-1
 
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 conditions as may be specified by the public health AND HEALTH  PLANNING
 council.
 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, 2012; 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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