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- Print number 5688a
- Amend (t) and recommit to higher education
- Referred to higher education
- Referred to higher education
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Relates to the administration of certain immunizations; makes provisions permanent
In Assembly Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor Amy Paulin
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5688A
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to the administration of certain immunizations; to amend chapter 563 of the laws of 2008, amending the education law and the public health law relating to immunizing agents to be administered to adults by pharmacists; to amend chapter 116 of the laws of 2012, amending the education law relating to authorizing a licensed pharmacist and certified nurse practitioner to administer certain immunizing agents, and to amend chapter 274 of the laws of 2013, amending the education law relating to authorizing a licensed pharmacist and certified nurse practitioner to administer meningococcal disease immunizing agents, in relation to making the provisions thereof permanent
Purpose
To authorize pharmacists to administer immunizations to prevent acute herpes zoster pursuant to a non-patient specific regimen; to authorize pharmacists to administer immunizations to prevent tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis pursuant to a patient specific or non-patient specific order; to remove the county restriction that applies to the physician or nurse practitioner issuing patient-specific or non-patient specific order to a licensed pharmacist certified to immunize; and to eliminate the sunset provisions.
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Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends § 6527(7) of the Education Law to allow a licensed physician to issue a patient specific or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist for immunizations to prevent acute herpes zoster, tetanus, diphtheria, or pertussis.
Section 2 of the bill amends § 6909(7) of the Education Law to allow a certified nurse practitioner to issue a patient specific or non-patient specific regimen to a licensed pharmacist for immunizations to prevent acute herpes zoster, tetanus, diphtheria, or pertussis.
Section 3 of the bill amends § 6801 of the Education Law to make technical amendments and removes a requirement for a report that was issued in 2011.
Section 4 of the bill amends § 6802 of the Education Law to authorize pharmacists to administer immunizations to prevent acute herpes zoster, tetanus, diphtheria, or pertussis pursuant to a patient specific or non-patient specific regimen. It also authorizes a non-patient specific regimen statewide in the event of a disease outbreak or the imminent threat of a disease outbreak, as determined by the commissioner of health. The requirement that standing orders be issued by a physician or nurse practitioner practicing in the same county in which the immunization is administered is eliminated.
Section 5 eliminates the sunset provision that applies to pharmacists' authority to administer immunizations to prevent influenza and pneumococcal disease.
Section 6 eliminates the requirement that a report be issued to the governor and legislature regarding the rates of health insurance plan
coverage for immunizations to prevent acute herpes zoster. It also eliminates the sunset provision that applies to pharmacists' authority to administer immunizations to prevent influenza and pneumococcal disease.
Section 7 eliminates the sunset provision that applies to pharmacists' authority to administer immunizations to prevent meningococcal disease.
Section 8 provides the effective date.
Justification
New York State, like the United States as a whole, has experienced a surge in the number of cases of pertussis in recent years. The Tdap vaccine is recommended by the CDC for adults 19 years and older who have not received a dose of Tdap, especially those who have contact with infants. Allowing pharmacists to administer the Tdap vaccine will provide more opportunities for people to get vaccinated and help reduce the cases of pertussis in New York.
Importantly, this bill also makes it easier for people to get the shingles vaccine, by authorizing pharmacists to administer that vaccine pursuant to a non-patient specific regimen. Currently, pharmacists may only administer this immunization pursuant to a patient-specific prescription, so an individual must first go to their doctor and obtain the prescription, then go to the pharmacy to receive the immunization.
This bill also eliminates the requirement that standing orders be issued by a physician practicing in the same county in which the immunization is administered, which has proven difficult to obtain in some rural areas.
Pharmacists were first authorized to administer immunizations to prevent influenza or pneumococcal in 2008, and that authority has already been extended for an additional period due to the safety and success of that program. This bill will eliminate that sunset provision, as well as the sunsets that apply to immunizations to prevent herpes zoster and meningococcal disease.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately
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