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NY A03254
Bill
Status
1/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Dinowitz
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AI Summary
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Requires all children enrolled in overnight, summer day, traveling, and non-regulated camps to receive vaccinations against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, diphtheria, rubella, varicella, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), pertussis, tetanus, pneumococcal disease, and hepatitis B
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Mandates camp staff at all children's camps provide operators with current immunization certificates for diphtheria, measles, meningococcal meningitis, mumps, pertussis, rubella, tetanus, and varicella
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Provides a medical exemption allowing a health practitioner to certify that immunization would be detrimental to a child's or staff member's health, suspending requirements until immunization is no longer harmful
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Updates written disclosure notices for non-regulated camps to clarify they are not required to follow Department of Health regulations regarding staffing ratios, medical personnel, or injury reporting
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Takes effect on the first of October following enactment
Legislative Description
Requires staff and children enrolled in an overnight, children's non-regulated, summer day, or travelling camp to be vaccinated against a specified list of diseases.
Last Action
referred to health
1/7/2026