What's happening
This bill requires healthcare providers to report all adult immunizations to state or city registries, eliminating the need for patient consent.
Why it matters
Mandates automatic reporting of all adult immunizations. to state or city registries by healthcare providers (including nurses and pharmacists), removing any discretion or opt-out for individuals—this could affect privacy expectations and personal control over health information.
Expands the methods for compliance. by allowing required immunization data to be reported via regional health information organizations or exchanges, which could streamline processes for providers but may raise concerns about data sharing and security across multiple entities.
Standardizes immunization data collection statewide. , potentially improving public health surveillance, outbreak response, and resource allocation, but also increasing the amount and centralization of personal health data the government and partnering organizations hold.
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Require Adult Vaccine Reporting
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Sponsors
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History
- Referred to health
- Referred to health
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Require Adult Vaccine Reporting
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor Richard Gottfried
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4494
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 13, 2019
Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN -- 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 adult immunization reporting requirements
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 2168 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 420 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
(b) (i) Any health care provider who administers any vaccine to a person nineteen years of age or older, [may] shall report[, with the consent of the vaccinee,] all such immunizations to the department in a format prescribed by the commissioner within fourteen days of administration of such immunizations. Health care providers administering immunizations to persons nineteen years of age or older in the city of New York [may] shall report[, with the consent of the vaccinee,] in a format prescribed by the city of New York commissioner of health and mental hygiene, all such immunizations to the citywide immunization registry. The reporting by a health care provider of administration of an immunization to a person nineteen years of age or older to a regional health information organization or other health information exchange shall satisfy the reporting requirements in this section if such data is provided by the regional health information organization or health information exchange to the department or citywide immunization registry.
(ii) A registered professional nurse, or a pharmacist who administers a vaccine pursuant to subdivision two of section sixty-eight hundred one of the education law, to a person nineteen years of age or older, shall report[, with the consent of the vaccinee,] all such immunizations to the department in a format prescribed by the commissioner within fourteen days of administration of such immunizations. Registered profes-
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sional nurses or pharmacists administering immunizations pursuant to subdivision two of section sixty-eight hundred one of the education law, to persons nineteen years of age or older in the city of New York shall report[, with the consent of the vaccinee,] in a format prescribed by the city of New York commissioner of health and mental hygiene, all such immunizations to the citywide immunization registry. The reporting by a registered professional nurse or a pharmacist of administration of an immunization to a person nineteen years of age or older to a regional health information organization or other health information exchange shall satisfy the reporting requirements in this section if such data is provided by the regional health information organization or health information exchange to the department or citywide immunization registry.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to adult immunization reporting requirements
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to adult immunization reporting requirements
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill requires health care providers who administer any vaccines to a person 19 years of age or older to report all such immunizations to the New York State Department of Health, or, for health care providers located in New York City, the New York City Department of Health.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 2168 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 420 of the laws of 2014, to require health care providers, registered professional nurses, and pharmacists to report all adult immunizations that they administer to the appropriate Department of Health.
The bill outlines certain conditions in which the reporting requirement is satisfied relating to information sharing between regional health information organizations or health information exchanges and the Department of Health or citywide immunization registry.
Section 2 of the bill provides the effective date.
Justification
This legislation builds off of Chapter 420 of the Laws of 2014 by explicitly stating that healthcare providers, registered professional nurses, and pharmacists shall report immunizations given to adults to the immunization registries of New York State and New York City, allow- ing the respective Departments of Health to better monitor immunization rates. Requiring that these professionals report immunizations will also allow the Department to track where people are receiving immunizations, and tailor public outreach efforts accordingly.
Prior legislative history
2017-18: S.44 (Hoylman) - Died in Health 2015-16: S.3898 (Hoylman) - Died in Health
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
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