STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6621 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 24, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to exempting private and parochial schools and day care centers from immunization require- ments The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2164 of the public 2 health law, as amended by chapter 401 of the laws of 2015, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 a. The term "school" means and includes any public[, private or paro- 5 chial child caring center, day nursery, day care agency, nursery 6 school,] pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary, intermediate or 7 secondary school. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05135-01-3