A07011 Summary:
| BILL NO | A07011A |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S07331-A |
| SPONSOR | Tapia |
| COSPNSR | Shimsky, Epstein, Sayegh, Buttenschon, Schiavoni, Simone, Rosenthal, Levenberg, Dinowitz, Hevesi, Lupardo, Griffin, Rajkumar, Brabenec, McDonough, Smullen, Slater, Lemondes, DeStefano, Brown K, Palmesano, Seawright, Reyes, Maher, Kassay, Lunsford, Sempolinski, McDonald, Santabarbara, Weprin, Giglio |
| MLTSPNSR | Walsh |
| Amd 4310, Pub Health L | |
| Allows individuals to register in the "donate life registry" on any mandatory electronic personal income tax filing. | |
A07011 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7011--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA, SHIMSKY, EPSTEIN, SAYEGH, BUTTENSCHON, SCHIAVONI, SIMONE, ROSENTHAL, LEVENBERG, DINOWITZ, HEVESI, LUPARDO, GRIFFIN, RAJKUMAR, BRABENEC, McDONOUGH, SMULLEN, SLATER, LEMONDES, DeSTEFANO, K. BROWN, PALMESANO, SEAWRIGHT, REYES, MAHER, KASSAY, LUNS- FORD, SEMPOLINSKI, McDONALD, SANTABARBARA, WEPRIN, GIGLIO -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing individ- uals to register in the "donate life registry" through mandatory elec- tronic personal income tax filings 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 5 of section 4310 of the 2 public health law, as amended by section 2 of chapter 662 of the laws of 3 2024, is amended to read as follows: 4 (a) Such organ, eye and tissue registration of consent to make an 5 anatomical gift can be made through: (i) indication made on the applica- 6 tion or renewal form of a driver's license, (ii) indication made on a 7 non-driver identification card application or renewal form, (iii) indi- 8 cation made on a voter registration form pursuant to subdivision five of 9 section 5-210 of the election law, (iv) indication made on the applica- 10 tion for, or manual renewal application by an account holder of, health 11 care coverage offered through the state health benefit exchange, (v) 12 enrollment through the donate life registry website, (vi) paper enroll- 13 ment submitted to the donate life registry, (vii) indication made on the 14 application or renewal form of a hunting, fishing or trapping license 15 issued pursuant to title seven of article eleven of the environmental 16 conservation law, (viii) indication made on transactions administered by 17 the office of temporary and disability assistance through the mybene- 18 fits.ny.gov website, or any such successor website; (ix) indication made EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10817-02-5A. 7011--A 2 1 on applications, renewals or related transactions for college financial 2 aid, grants, or scholarships offered or administered through any website 3 maintained by the higher education services corporation; (x) indication 4 made on transactions conducted through an individual's electronic health 5 records; [or] (xi) indication made on any personal income tax document 6 that is subject to mandatory electronic filing in accordance with the 7 provisions of section twenty-nine of the tax law; or (xii) through any 8 other method identified by the commissioner. The department shall estab- 9 lish a means by which to register the consent given by individuals who 10 are sixteen or seventeen years of age in the donate life registry, and 11 shall make registration available by any of the methods provided in 12 subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), 13 (x) [and], (xi) and (xii) of this paragraph. 14 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 4310 of the public 15 health law, as amended by section 3 of chapter 662 of the laws of 2024, 16 is amended to read as follows: 17 (a) Such organ, eye and tissue registration of consent to make an 18 anatomical gift can be made through: (i) indication made on the applica- 19 tion or renewal form of a driver's license, (ii) indication made on a 20 non-driver identification card application or renewal form, (iii) indi- 21 cation made on a voter registration form pursuant to subdivision five of 22 section 5-210 of the election law, (iv) indication made on the applica- 23 tion for, or manual renewal application by an account holder of, health 24 care coverage offered through the NY State of Health, the official 25 Health Plan Marketplace, (v) enrollment through the donate life registry 26 website, (vi) paper enrollment submitted to the donate life registry, 27 (vii) indication made on the application or renewal form of a hunting, 28 fishing or trapping license issued pursuant to title seven of article 29 eleven of the environmental conservation law, (viii) indication made on 30 transactions administered by the office of temporary and disability 31 assistance through the mybenefits.ny.gov website, or any such successor 32 website; (ix) indication made on applications, renewals or related tran- 33 sactions for college financial aid, grants, or scholarships offered or 34 administered through any website maintained by the higher education 35 services corporation; (x) indication made by an insured and/or applicant 36 for insurance during enrollments, renewals, and the initial process for 37 an insured in setting up an online member service portal with their 38 insurer for accident and health insurance policies and contracts issued 39 pursuant to article forty-four of this chapter, article forty-two of the 40 insurance law, or article forty-three of the insurance law, excepting 41 renewals made through the NY State of Health, the official Health Plan 42 Marketplace, other than those specifically referenced in subparagraph 43 (iv) of this paragraph and paragraph (v) of subdivision one of section 44 two hundred six of this chapter; and provided, however, that nothing in 45 this section shall apply to the medical assistance program under title 46 eleven of article five of the social services law; (xi) indication made 47 on transactions conducted through an individual's electronic health 48 record; [or] (xii) indication made on any personal income tax document 49 that is subject to mandatory electronic filing in accordance with the 50 provisions of section twenty-nine of the tax law; or (xiii) through any 51 other method identified by the commissioner. The department shall estab- 52 lish a means by which to register the consent given by individuals who 53 are sixteen or seventeen years of age in the donate life registry, and 54 shall make registration available by any of the methods provided in 55 subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), 56 (x), (xi) [and], (xii) and (xiii) of this paragraph.A. 7011--A 3 1 § 3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 2 4310 of the public health law, as amended by section 4 of chapter 662 of 3 the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 4 (i) Where required by law for transactions described in subparagraphs 5 (i), (ii), (iv), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) [and], (xi) and (xii) of para- 6 graph (a) of this subdivision, the commissioner shall ensure, in consul- 7 tation with the head of any agency required to implement such trans- 8 action, that space is provided on any required form so that the 9 applicant shall register or decline registration in the donate life 10 registry for organ, eye and tissue donations under this section and that 11 the following is stated on the form in clear and conspicuous type: 12 "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to be added 13 to the Donate Life Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques- 14 tion'." 15 § 4. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 16 4310 of the public health law, as amended by section 5 of chapter 662 of 17 the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 18 (i) Where required by law for transactions described in subparagraphs 19 (i), (ii), (iv), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi) [and], (xii) and (xiii) 20 of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the commissioner shall ensure, in 21 consultation with the head of any agency required to implement such 22 transaction, that space is provided on any required form so that the 23 applicant shall register or decline registration in the donate life 24 registry for organ, eye and tissue donations under this section and that 25 the following is stated on the form in clear and conspicuous type: 26 "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to be added 27 to the Donate Life Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques- 28 tion'." 29 § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 30 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that if sections 3 and 5 31 of chapter 662 of the laws of 2024 shall not have taken effect on or 32 before such date then sections two and four of this act shall take 33 effect on the same date and in the same manner as such sections of such 34 chapter of the laws of 2024, takes effect. Effective immediately, the 35 commissioner of health is authorized to take any actions necessary to 36 implement the provisions of this act on or before its effective date.