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New York State Health Law
New York
Vaccination Basics A few things every NY parent should know and
think about.
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ALERT - Two new vaccination bills introduced in NY
seek to protect your rights!
The "Religious Exemption" bill is intended to protect
people in the free exercise of their religion from
inappropriate and intrusive inquiry into their religious
beliefs by government authorities.
The "Physician
Prevail" bill is intended to ensure that the professional
judgment of a student’s physician or nurse practitioner will
prevail concerning immunization of the student.
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Judge's
ruling and letter from Vatican support extending religious
exemption coverage to parochial schools.
NY Public
Health Law 2164 mandates the vaccination of children before they
will be admitted to school.
NY Public
Health Law 2165 requires "immunization of certain post-secondary
students."
NYS vaccination
law 2167 requires paperwork filing regarding immunization
against meningococcal meningitis
New York
vaccination law § 2166 Immunization; regulations
NYDOH Recommended
Schedule for Routine Active Vaccination of Infants and
Children
The Wexler
Decision found limiting religious exemption solely to "bona fide
members of a recognized religious organization" to be
unconstitutional. The full text of the decision is presented,
including the reasoning as to why
one family received the exemption and another did not.
Personal
Religious Beliefs - magazine article/interview with James
Filenbaum, the lawyer who won New York decision regarding religious
exemption
Claiming a
Religious Exemption Jessicca Hall
Defining My
Spirituality Jessicca Hall
New York
State Constitution - Section 3: Religious Freedom
NY moves to enact State Emergency Health Powers Act,
mandating vaccination in "emergencies." See
details
Get Active
Who To
Contact Addresses for NY State and US government
officials
What You Can
Do to protect your children and change the laws.
Chickenpox
vaccination is now required by NY lawmakers, who passed this law
despite the call for public hearings.
Search New York
Legislature for Bills, Status, Summaries, Sponsor Memos, Floor
Votes, and Laws.
How a Bill Becomes a
Law in New York State State Assembly site diagrams the
process.
Why There is a
Need for Natural Immunity Legislation
Submit
written statements detailing your experience with NY's mandatory
vaccination law and exemptions to the Coalition For Informed Choice.
NY State Official Sites
New York State Why not drop
the govenor a note?
NY
Senate Email list of state senators. Let them know what you
think.
NY Assembly They are
waiting to hear from you.
New York State
Department of Health's Home Page
Email them your questions
or comments
Gopher
Menu Public Health Law Check out all the laws - compliments of
the NYS Senate. (They prefer the word "immunizations.")
NY State Public Health Forum
Getting
the Legislative Machine to Work for You general information
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