Authorizes the commissioner of health to issue copies and transcripts of death certificates, which do not include the cause of death or medical certifications, for genealogical and research purposes.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2238
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to issuance of a
record of death for genealogical or research purposes
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4174 of the public health law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:
3 (a-1) upon request, issue to any applicant, for genealogical or
4 research purposes, a copy or transcript of the record of any death
5 registered under the provisions of this chapter, which shall not include
6 therein the cause of death of the decedent nor the medical certificate;
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04782-01-5
