Bill Text: NY S04709 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the department of health to publish and update COVID-19 vaccine distribution data on a weekly basis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04709 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04709-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4709

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 9, 2021
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        Introduced  by Sens. STEC, SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
          department  of  health  to  publish  and  update  COVID-19 vaccination
          distribution data on its website on a weekly basis

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  206-c to read as follows:
     3    §  206-c.  Special  requirements  with  respect  to  COVID-19  vaccine
     4  distribution  data. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms
     5  shall have the following meanings:
     6    (a) "Distribution phase" shall mean the phase of  eligibility  of  the
     7  recipient for the COVID-19 vaccine as provided for in the New York state
     8  COVID-19 vaccination program.
     9    (b) "Eligible recipient" shall mean an individual qualified to receive
    10  the  COVID-19  vaccine  under  the  New  York state COVID-19 vaccination
    11  distribution program.
    12    (c) "Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program" shall  mean  the
    13  federal  Centers for Disease Control's program to provide on-site COVID-
    14  19 vaccination to residents and staff of long-term care facilities.
    15    2. The commissioner shall compile and post on the department's website
    16  in a conspicuous location and in a  format  capable  of  download  in  a
    17  spreadsheet format, the following data on a weekly basis:
    18    (a)  the total number of COVID-19 vaccines allocated to New York state
    19  by the federal government;
    20    (b) the total number of COVID-19 vaccines requested by New York  state
    21  from the federal government;
    22    (c)  the  total number of COVID-19 vaccines received by New York state
    23  from the federal government;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09435-02-1
        S. 4709                             2

     1    (d) the total number of COVID-19  vaccines  administered  to  eligible
     2  recipients under the New York state COVID-19 vaccination program and the
     3  Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program; and
     4    (e) the total number of COVID-19 vaccines declined by eligible recipi-
     5  ents under the New York state COVID-19 vaccination program and the Phar-
     6  macy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program.
     7    3.  The  data posted pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall
     8  be organized by county, date, facility, age of the  eligible  recipient,
     9  race of the eligible recipient, ethnicity of the eligible recipient, the
    10  distribution  phase of the eligible recipient and shall include all such
    11  data retroactive to December fourteenth, two thousand twenty.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.