Bill Text: NY A00224 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting mandatory influenza vaccinations as a condition for employment with exception of those employed by long-term care facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - enacting clause stricken [A00224 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00224-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Labor
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
         mandatory influenza vaccinations as a condition for employment
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
    2  399-gg to read as follows:
    3    S 399-GG. PROHIBITION OF MANDATORY INFLUENZA VACCINATIONS. NO EMPLOYER
    4  SHALL  REQUIRE INFLUENZA VACCINATIONS AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT. THIS
    5  SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO EMPLOYEES OF LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES PURSU-
    6  ANT TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04578-01-5