Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 18, 2012 |
signed chap.215 |
Jul 06, 2012 |
delivered to governor |
Apr 25, 2012 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.465 substituted for a9381 |
Mar 12, 2012 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 05, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 01, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 29, 2012 |
1st report cal.241 |
Feb 16, 2012 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S6500
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2011-S6500 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9381
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2805-h, Pub Health L
2011-S6500 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6500 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring general hospitals with a newborn nursery or providing obstetric services to offer Bordetella pertussis vaccinations to certain persons PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Requires general hospitals that have a newborn nursery or provide obstetric services to offer vaccination against Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough) to parents and anticipated caregivers of hospitalized newborns. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Public Health Law §2805-h to provide that each general hospital having a newborn nursery or providing obstetric services to offer to every parent, person in parental relation or other person who is reasonably anticipated to be a caregiver of a newborn treated in the hospital vaccination against Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough). Section 2 provides the act take effect 180 days after its enactment. JUSTIFICATION:
2011-S6500 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6500 I N S E N A T E February 16, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring general hospitals with a newborn nursery or providing obstetric services to offer Bordetella pertussis vaccinations to certain persons THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The subdivision heading and paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 2805-h of the public health law, as added by chapter 282 of the laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows: Immunizations against influenza AND BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; neonatal intensive care units. (a) [Annually between September first and April first, it] IT shall be the duty of each general hospital (I) with a neonatal intensive care unit to offer, ANNUALLY BETWEEN SEPTEMBER FIRST AND APRIL FIRST, to every parent or person in parental relation who is reasonably anticipated to be a caregiver in the household of a newborn being treated in the neonatal intensive care unit vaccination against influenza virus; AND (II) HAVING A NEWBORN NURSERY OR PROVIDING OBSTET- RIC SERVICES TO OFFER TO EVERY PARENT, PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION OR OTHER PERSON WHO IS REASONABLY ANTICIPATED TO BE A CAREGIVER OF A NEWBORN BEING TREATED IN SUCH HOSPITAL VACCINATION AGAINST BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH). If the parent or person in parental relation wishes to be vaccinated, the hospital shall provide the person with the vaccination. If the parent or person in parental relation declines the hospital offer or wishes to defer vaccination, the hospital shall provide information on where such person may be vaccinated. Such general hospital need not offer the vaccination to parents and persons in parental relation who have already received such vaccine or for whom it is medically inappropriate. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13855-03-2
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