BILL NUMBER: S5724
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the
immunization of certain post-secondary students against hepatitis B
 
PURPOSE:
To safeguard public health by ensuring that a high percentage of postse-
condary students are immunized against hepatitis B.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 2165 of the
public health law. Adds hepatitis B to the list of immunizations
required for postsecondary students.
Section 2: Sets Effective Date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
The CDC estimates that the actual number of acute hepatitis B cases was
close to 14,000 in 2020. Many more people (about 880,000) are estimated
to be living with chronic, long-term hepatitis B. The CDC recommends
that all infants, children, and adults get the hepatitis B vaccine.
Required immunizations against hepatitis B for college students will
reduce hospitalizations and deaths from hepatitis B, saving lives and
resources and funding healthcare costs.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Senate
2023: N/A
2024: S8417, Referred to Health
Assembly
2023: N/A
2024: A9940, Referred to Health
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date
on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addi-
tion, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for
the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to
be made and completed on or before such date.

Statutes affected:
S5724: 2165 public health law, 2165(1) public health law