A 3860: Directs that a school in which a student is attending or will attend shall accept a medical immunization exemption.
The bill aims to provide a standardized form for medical exemption from required immunizations in schools. The form must contain the student's name, parent/guardian information, birthdate, residential address, school name, and the medical reason for the exemption. A licensed physician, physician's assistant, or nurse practitioner must sign the form and declare that the immunization may be detrimental to the child's health. The form will serve as an exemption to the public health law and the school must accept the form without additional requirements. The bill takes effect thirty days after it becomes a law.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| Jan. 30, 2025 | referred to education |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3860 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to a standardized form for medical exemption from required immunizations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3205-b 2 to read as follows: 3 § 3205-b. Medical immunization exemption. 1. The school in which a 4 student is attending or will attend shall accept a medical immunization 5 exemption request form containing the information pursuant to subdivi- 6 sion two of this section. The department or any other state agency, 7 board or commission shall not require any other condition or requirement 8 for the medical exemption to immunization or immunizations provided for 9 in this section for school admission. 10 2. The form accepted by the school shall contain the following infor- 11 mation: 12 (a) Name(s) of parent, parents or guardian; 13 (b) Name of child; 14 (c) Student's birthdate; 15 (d) Student's residential address; 16 (e) School name and district; 17 (f) The medical reason, diagnosis and/or condition of which deems 18 immunization detrimental to the student's health; and 19 (g) The signature of a licensed physician, physician's assistant or 20 nurse practitioner, their medical license number and practice affil- 21 iation declaring: I hereby certify that immunization against (poliomyel- 22 itis, mumps, measles, diptheria, rubella, varicella, Haemophilus 23 influenzae type b (Hib), pertussis, tetanus, pneumococcal disease, 24 influenza, meningococcal disease and hepatitis B) may be detrimental to 25 the child's health. The date and signature of the physician, nurse prac- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02758-01-5A. 3860 2 1 titioner or physician's assistant shall appear here. This certification, 2 once provided to the student's school, shall serve as an exemption to 3 section 2164 of the public health law. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 5 have become a law.