New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A5460: Allows medical assistants to administer vaccines
Status: In committee, March 30, 2026
Allows medical assistants to administer vaccines while under appropriate supervision of a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
What the bill says
An act to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation to the administration of immunizations by medical assistants.
From the amended text, March 30, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation to the administration of immunizations by medical assistants THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 6526 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 11. ANY MEDICAL ASSISTANT WHEN DRAWING AND ADMINISTERING AN IMMUNIZATION IN AN OUTPATIENT OFFICE SETTING UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER, OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A MEDICAL ASSISTANT IS AN UNLICENSED DIRECT-CARE EMPLOYEE WHO IS AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, HAS COMPLETED AN EDUCATIONAL PATHWAY ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT PERFORMS CLERICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND CLINICAL TASKS AS SET FORTH IN DEPARTMENT GUIDELINES AND AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWENTY-FIVE OF SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS ARTICLE. § 2. Section 6526 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows: 12. A CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONER MAY DELEGATE THE TASK OF DRAWING UP AND ADMINISTERING VACCINATIONS TO A MEDICAL ASSISTANT AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF THIS SECTION IN OUTPATIENT OFFICE SETTINGS PURSU- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] …
Sponsors
- Amy Paulin (D, 88) · primary sponsor
- Andrew Hevesi (D, 28)
- Demond Meeks (D, 137)
- John McDonald (D, 108)
- Nader Sayegh (D, 90)
- Paula Kay (D, 100)
- Andrew Molitor (R, 150)
- Kenneth Blankenbush (R, 117)
- Jordan Wright (D, 70)
- Maryjane Shimsky (D, 92)
- Christopher Burdick (D, 93)
- Jenifer Rajkumar (D, 38)
Latest actions
- : PRINT NUMBER 5460D
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
- : PRINT NUMBER 5460C
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
- : REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
- : PRINT NUMBER 5460B
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
- : PRINT NUMBER 5460A
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
- : REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Subjects: Education Law
Common questions
- What is A5460?
- A5460 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Allows medical assistants to administer vaccines.
- What does A5460 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation to the administration of immunizations by medical assistants.
- What is the status of A5460?
- In committee as of March 30, 2026. Latest action: PRINT NUMBER 5460D (March 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored A5460?
- Amy Paulin (D, 88), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A5460?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5460
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