STATE OF NEW YORK
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8757
IN SENATE
January 8, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting charg-
es for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or pregnancy loss;
and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 4160-a of the public health law is
2 REPEALED and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
3 9. The department, or in the city of New York, the New York city
4 department of health and mental hygiene shall not charge any fee for the
5 issuance of a certificate under this section.
6 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 4160 of the public health law is
7 REPEALED.
8 § 3. Section 4161 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
9 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
10 5. A local registrar shall not charge a fee for the issuance of a
11 certificate of pregnancy loss under this article.
12 § 4. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
13 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the public health law
14 relating to prohibiting charges for the issuance of a certificate of
15 still birth or pregnancy loss, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
16 S. 1807-A and A. 2311-A, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01554-04-6
