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NY A03254

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jeffrey Dinowitz

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Health1/27/2025

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