Bill S9598 Amends NY Public Health Law on Child Immunization Standards
Summary
New York Senate Bill S9598 passed the Senate, amending Public Health Law sections 2164, 2165, 2167, and 2803-j, along with Education Law and Social Services Law provisions. The bill shifts vaccine administration standards for children from federal U.S. Public Health Service standards to regulations issued by the New York State Commissioner of Health, based on generally accepted medical standards and recommendations from nationally recognized medical organizations. The bill also authorizes pharmacists to administer COVID-19 vaccines to patients two years and older under a physician or nurse practitioner order.
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Bill S9598 substantially modifies New York's child immunization framework by replacing the prior requirement that vaccines meet standards approved by the United States Public Health Service with a new standard based on regulations issued by the NY Commissioner of Health. The bill specifically directs that such regulations must utilize generally accepted medical standards and take into consideration recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and other nationally or internationally recognized scientific organizations. Additionally, the bill extends pharmacist authority to administer COVID-19 vaccines to patients as young as two years old.
Affected parties including healthcare providers, pharmacists, schools, and parents should monitor for implementing regulations from the Commissioner of Health. Pharmacists seeking to administer COVID-19 vaccines to pediatric patients ages two and older must ensure they operate under a valid patient-specific order or non-patient specific regimen prescribed by an authorized physician or nurse practitioner. Schools enforcing immunization requirements should prepare for potential changes to which vaccines are required and the standards by which they are evaluated.
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S9598
2025-2026 Legislative Session Relates to immunization vaccines for children
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Toby Ann Stavisky
(D) 11th Senate District
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Zellnor Myrie
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See Assembly Version of this Bill: A10711 Law Section: Public Health Law Laws Affected: Amd §§2164, 2165, 2167 & 2803-j, Pub Health L; amd §§6527, 6802, 6909 & 6801, Ed L; amd §131, Soc Serv L
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Requires the administration of certain vaccines for children in accordance with regulations issued by the commissioner, utilizing generally accepted medical standards and based on recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, and/or other similar nationally or internationally recognized scientific organizations; removes certain requirements for vaccines to be administered under federal guidance.
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BILL NUMBER: S9598
SPONSOR: STAVISKY
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, the education law and the social
services law, in relation to immunization vaccines for children
PURPOSE:
This bill would ensure that immunizations are available in New York
pursuant to standards issued by the Commissioner of Health, utilizing
generally accepted medical standards and taking into consideration
recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American
Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians, and other nationally
or internationally recognized scientific organizations. The bill would
also authorize pharmacists to administer COVID-19 vaccines to patients
two years and older pursuant to a patient specific order or non-patient
specific regimen prescribed or ordered by a physician or nurse practi-
tioner.
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
9598
I N S E N A T E
March 26, 2026
Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- (at request of the Governor) -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public health law, the education law and the social
services law, in relation to immunization vaccines for children
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2164 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 401 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
follows:
2. a. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state shall
have administered to such child an adequate dose or doses of an immuniz-
ing agent against poliomyelitis, mumps, measles, diphtheria, rubella,
varicella, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), pertussis, tetanus,
pneumococcal disease, and hepatitis B, [which meets the standards
approved by the United States public health service for such biological
products, and which is approved by the department under such conditions
as may be specified by the public health council] IN ACCORDANCE WITH
REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER, UTILIZING GENERALLY ACCEPTED
MEDICAL STANDARDS AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSI-
CIANS, THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS, THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION
PRACTICES, AND/OR OTHER SIMILAR NATIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS.
b. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state born on
or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-four and entering sixth
grade or a comparable age level special education program with an unas-
signed grade on or after September first, two thousand seven, shall have
administered to such child a booster immunization containing diphtheria
and tetanus toxoids, and an acellular pertussis vaccine, [which meets
the standards approved by the United States public health service for
such biological products, and which is approved by the department under
such conditions as may be specified by the public health council] IN
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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