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A09886 Summary:

BILL NOA09886
 
SAME ASSAME AS S09550
 
SPONSORPeoples-Stokes
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 2805-h, Pub Health L
 
Increases the eligibility of admitted persons age 50 or older in general hospitals to receive immunizations against influenza virus.
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A09886 Actions:

BILL NOA09886
 
04/26/2024referred to health
05/14/2024reported referred to rules
05/20/2024reported
05/20/2024rules report cal.82
05/20/2024ordered to third reading rules cal.82
05/20/2024passed assembly
05/20/2024delivered to senate
05/20/2024REFERRED TO HEALTH
06/03/2024SUBSTITUTED FOR S9550
06/03/20243RD READING CAL.1669
06/03/2024PASSED SENATE
06/03/2024RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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A09886 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A9886
 
SPONSOR: Peoples-Stokes
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to increasing eligi- bility of admitted persons in general hospitals for immunizations against influenza virus   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to help stop the spread of the influenza virus by lowering the age requirement for hospitals in New York to offer patients the influenza vaccine from 65 years old to down to 50 years old to align State Law with current Centers for Disease & Control & Prevention guidelines.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Sections 1 would amend section 2805(h) of the public health law to lower the age requirement for hospitals to offer inpatients the influenza vaccine from 65 years old to 50 years old. Section 2 provides for an effective date of 90 days after the bill has been signed into law.   JUSTIFICATION: Since 2006, New York state law requires hospitals to offer influenza vaccine during influenza season to inpatients, age 65 and older, prior to their discharge. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention now identifies individuals aged 50 and older to be at increased risk for severe illness and compli- cations from influenza. This is because as we age our immune systems weaken and we are more likely to have underlying health conditions such as diabetes, asthma, or cardiovascular disease. In fact, 60% of all individuals aged 5064 live with one or more Chronic Health Conditions while 75% of individuals aged 65 and older live with one or more Chronic Health Conditions. This legislation simply lowers the influenza offering from age 65 and older down to age 50 and older and the inpatient may still accept or decline the vaccine for any reason. This change will help better-protect our vulnerable populations without incurring any costs for the patients as Medicaid covers the influenza vaccine for adults and the affordable care act mandates that commercial payors must cover the full cost of vaccines having a recommendation from CDC, like influenza.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect 90 days after becoming law.
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A09886 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9886
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 26, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to increasing  eligi-
          bility  of  admitted  persons  in  general hospitals for immunizations
          against influenza virus
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 2805-h of the public health law,
     2  as added by chapter 266 of the laws of 2006 and the subdivision  heading
     3  as  amended  by  chapter 282 of the laws of 2009,  is amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    2. Immunizations against influenza for certain persons fifty or  older
     6  and immunizations against pneumococcal for certain persons sixty-five or
     7  older. (a) Annually between September first and April first, it shall be
     8  the duty of the administrative officer or other person in charge of each
     9  general hospital to offer each admitted person age [sixty-five] fifty or
    10  older  vaccination  against influenza virus. Such officer or person need
    11  not offer the vaccination to persons  who  have  already  received  such
    12  vaccine or for whom it is otherwise inappropriate.
    13    (b) It shall be the duty of the administrative officer or other person
    14  in  charge of each general hospital to offer vaccination against pneumo-
    15  coccal disease to each admitted person age sixty-five or  older  in  the
    16  hospital's  care.  Such officer or person need not offer the vaccination
    17  to people who have already received it, are not in need of a booster, or
    18  for whom it is otherwise inappropriate.
    19    (c) Each general hospital shall adopt an  influenza  and  pneumococcal
    20  immunization  policy  which  shall  include,  but not be limited to, the
    21  following: procedures for identifying persons age  fifty  or  older  for
    22  influenza,  sixty-five  or  older  for  pneumococcal  disease and at the
    23  discretion of the facility other individuals at risk; procedures for the
    24  offering of immunization  against  influenza  virus  upon  admission  or
    25  discharge  to  persons  age  fifty or older, between September first and
    26  April first, and pneumococcal disease upon  admission  or  discharge  to
    27  persons  age  sixty-five or older; procedures for ensuring that individ-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15217-01-4

        A. 9886                             2
 
     1  uals offered immunization or their guardian receive information  regard-
     2  ing  the  risks  and  benefits  of  vaccination; a standing order policy
     3  approved by the medical director or other  appropriate  physician  which
     4  shall  include,  but not be limited to, an assessment for contra-indica-
     5  tions; and a system  for  documenting  vaccine  administration,  medical
     6  contra-indications,  patient  refusals  and any post-vaccination adverse
     7  events.
     8    (d) The commissioner may waive the requirements  of  this  subdivision
     9  due to a shortage of influenza and/or pneumococcal vaccine.
    10    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    11  have become a law.
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