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- Print number 98a
- Amend and recommit to health
- Referred to health
- Notice of committee consideration - requested
- Referred to health
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Encourages voluntary, informed vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV)
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor Vanessa Gibson
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BILL NUMBER:S98A
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to encouraging immunization against human papillomavirus (HPV)
Purpose or general idea of bill
Encourages voluntary, informed vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV).
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 Amends Section 2164(2)(5)(6) of the Public Health Law to require that parents and guardians of a child in New York State be encouraged, through the provision of written educational materials and consultation, to administer to such child an adequate dose or doses of an immunizing agent against human papillomavirus (HPV) which meets the standards approved by the United States Public Health Service. Provides that every parent and guardian of a child born after January 1, 1994 and entering the sixth grade or is of a comparable age level on or after September 1, 2012, shall, through the provision of written educational materials and consultation, have administered a HPV booster immunization. Requires the health practitioner who administers the HPV immunization to provide the parent or guardian with a certificate of such immunization. In the event that no certificate or other acceptable evidence of HPV immunization exists, the parent or guardian shall be informed by the principal, teacher, owner or person in charge of the school of the efficacy of voluntary HPV immunization.
Section 2 Amends Section 613(1)(a) of the Public Health Law to require the Commissioner of Health to develop educational efforts to encourage informed, voluntary HPV vaccinations.
Section 3 Effective Date
Justification
Cervical cancer is a worldwide public health issue, and the HPV vaccine may be the solution to it. Every year, 11,000 American women have cervical cancer, and two million more have abnormal pap smears, almost all due to a viral infection.
The Catholic Health Association of the United States says that preventing a life-threatening disease and sexual promiscuity are different issues. Preventing disease is the responsibility of the health care provider, and this vaccine is a way to do that.
Prior legislative history
2011: S.98 - Notice of Committee Consideration Requested/A.2360 -
Referred to Health 2009-10: S.1983A - Referred to Health/A.3203A - Referred to Health 2007-08: A.7403 - Referred to Health
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
Immediately.
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