S 7823: Authorizes a licensed pharmacist to administer any recommendations made by the commissioner of health pertaining to a vaccine that has been authorized by the federal Food and Drug Administration; relates to insurance coverage for immunizations; removes the requirement to follow the advisory committee on immunization practices of the centers for disease control and prevention recommendation for immunization against meningococcal disease.
This bill aims to expand the administration of immunizations in New York State. The law currently requires that immunizations be administered by a licensed healthcare provider, but the bill would allow licensed pharmacists to administer certain immunizations with a patient-specific order or non-patient specific regimen. The bill would also allow certified nurse practitioners to prescribe and order immunizations for certain patients. Additionally, it would remove the requirement for immunizations to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation for meningococcal disease. The law would also allow for the administration of immunizations to prevent certain diseases, such as influenza, pneumococcal disease, and COVID-19, without a patient-specific order or non-patient specific regimen if the commissioner of health determines that an immunization is needed to prev…
- What is the current status of S 7823?
- As of November 14, 2025, S 7823 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on November 14, 2025, was "PRINT NUMBER 7823B".
- Did S 7823 pass?
- Not yet. S 7823 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7823, and where is it now?
- S 7823 was authored by Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal with 5 coauthors.
| Nov. 14, 2025 | PRINT NUMBER 7823B |
| Nov. 14, 2025 | AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH |
| Aug. 29, 2025 | PRINT NUMBER 7823A |
| Aug. 29, 2025 | AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH |
| May. 09, 2025 | REFERRED TO HEALTH |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7823 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- 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 removing the requirement to follow the centers for disease control and prevention recommendation for immunization against meningococcal disease The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 2164 of the public 2 health law, as added by chapter 401 of the laws of 2015, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 c. Every person in parental relation to a child in this state entering 5 or having entered seventh grade and twelfth grade or a comparable age 6 level special education program with an unassigned grade on or after 7 September first, two thousand sixteen, shall have administered to such 8 child an adequate dose or doses of immunizing agents against meningococ- 9 cal disease [as recommended by the advisory committee on immunization10practices of the centers for disease control and prevention,] which 11 meets the standards approved by the United States public health service 12 for such biological products, and which is approved by the department 13 under such conditions as may be specified by the public health and plan- 14 ning council. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11946-01-5