What's happening
This bill requires school districts to report data on vaccination exemption requests, grants, and denials to the state annually.
Why it matters
Provides transparency on vaccination exemption trends. by requiring districts to report how many exemption requests are made, granted, and denied, potentially highlighting areas with higher exemption activity or shifts over time.
Creates a statewide dataset for policymakers and public health officials,. enabling them to assess the prevalence and handling of exemptions at both local and state levels, which could inform future vaccination policy or resource allocation.
May impact school and community health planning,. as patterns in exemption requests and approvals could signal vulnerability to vaccine-preventable outbreaks, prompting targeted education or intervention efforts.
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Report Vaccine Exemption Numbers
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Sponsors
6 Co-sponsors
4 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Track Vaccine Exemptions in Schools
In Senate Committee · Education · Sponsor Thomas Croci
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3912
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, GRAF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to immunizations for children
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 914 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. a. Each school district receiving at least one request for an exemption from vaccination, pursuant to subdivision nine of section twenty-one hundred sixty-four of the public health law, must report to the department, by June thirtieth of the given year, the following information:
(i) The number of students for which an exemption was requested.
(ii) The number of students for which an exemption was granted.
(iii) The number of students for which an exemption was denied.
b. The department shall compile data reported pursuant to paragraph a of this subdivision, and shall report such data to the legislature and the governor by December first of each year.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided however, paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 914 of the education law, as added by section one of this act, shall take effect one year after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08605-01-7
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