Prohibits unclaimed human remains from being buried, cremated, or otherwise finally disposed of unless such remains have first been entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, and for a period of time thereafter as specified by the commissioner of health.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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11146--B
IN ASSEMBLY
April 24, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. WIEDER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommit-
ted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the handling of
certain unclaimed remains
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 4211-a to read as follows:
3 § 4211-a. Unclaimed human remains. No unclaimed human remains shall be
4 buried, cremated, or otherwise finally disposed of unless such remains
5 have first been entered into the National Missing and Unidentified
6 Persons System, or any successor database, in accordance with applicable
7 procedures.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
9 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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