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Senate Bill S9598

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to immunization vaccines for children

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2025-S9598 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10711
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2164, 2165, 2167 & 2803-j, Pub Health L; amd §§6527, 6802, 6909 & 6801, Ed L; amd §131, Soc Serv L

2025-S9598 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the administration of certain vaccines for children in accordance with regulations issued by the commissioner, utilizing generally accepted medical standards and based on recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and/or other similar nationally or internationally recognized scientific organizations; removes certain requirements for vaccines to be administered under federal guidance.

2025-S9598 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9598 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9598
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 26, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STAVISKY  --  (at request of the Governor) -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, the education law and the social
   services law, in relation to immunization vaccines for children
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 2164 of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 401 of the laws  of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2. a. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state shall
 have administered to such child an adequate dose or doses of an immuniz-
 ing  agent  against  poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, diphtheria, rubella,
 varicella, Haemophilus influenzae  type  b  (Hib),  pertussis,  tetanus,
 pneumococcal  disease,  and  hepatitis  B,  [which  meets  the standards
 approved by the United States public health service for such  biological
 products,  and which is approved by the department under such conditions
 as may be specified by the public health  council]  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 REGULATIONS  ISSUED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER, UTILIZING GENERALLY ACCEPTED
 MEDICAL STANDARDS AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION RECOMMENDATIONS  OF  THE
 AMERICAN  ACADEMY  OF  PEDIATRICS, THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSI-
 CIANS, THE AMERICAN COLLEGE  OF  OBSTETRICIANS  AND  GYNECOLOGISTS,  THE
 AMERICAN  COLLEGE  OF PHYSICIANS, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION
 PRACTICES, AND/OR OTHER SIMILAR NATIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
 SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS.
   b. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state born  on
 or  after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-four and entering sixth
 grade or a comparable age level special education program with an  unas-
 signed grade on or after September first, two thousand seven, shall have
 administered  to such child a booster immunization containing diphtheria
 and tetanus toxoids, and an acellular pertussis  vaccine,  [which  meets
 the  standards  approved  by the United States public health service for
 such biological products, and which is approved by the department  under
 such  conditions  as  may  be specified by the public health council] IN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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