Bill > S00453

This bill modifies existing New York public health law to require health care providers, registered professional nurses, and pharmacists to report immunizations administered to individuals 19 years and older to the state Department of Health or the New York City Citywide Immunization Registry. The key change is replacing permissive language (where reporting "may" be done) with mandatory language (reporting "shall" be done), and removing the previous requirement of obtaining consent from the person receiving the vaccine before reporting. However, the bill includes an important caveat that no report will be made if the person receiving the vaccine (or their authorized health care representative) objects to the reporting prior to the report being filed. This means that while reporting is now mandatory, individuals still retain the right to opt out of having their immunization information recorded. The bill will take effect 90 days after becoming law, which is designed to give health care providers and systems time to adjust to the new reporting requirements.

Health and Social Services

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S453