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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9930--B
IN SENATE
April 16, 2026
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Introduced by Sens. SUTTON, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted 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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