Allows donate life registration on electronic applications administered by the office of temporary disability assistance, the higher education services corporation, and on mandatory electronic tax filings and payments.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6392
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 17, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, GOTTFRIED -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing donate
life registration on electronic application forms administered by the
office of temporary disability assistance, the higher education
services corporation, and on mandatory electronic 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 chapter 149 of the laws of 2020, is
3 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 renewal of health care coverage offered through the state
11 health benefit exchange, (v) enrollment through the donate life registry
12 website, (vi) paper enrollment submitted to the donate life registry,
13 (vii) indication made on the application or renewal form of a hunting,
14 fishing or trapping license issued pursuant to title seven of article
15 eleven of the environmental conservation law, [or] (viii) indication
16 made on transactions administered by the office of temporary disability
17 assistance through the mybenefits.ny.gov website, or any such successor
18 website; (ix) indication made on applications, renewals or related tran-
19 sactions for college financial aid, grants, or scholarships offered or
20 administered through any website maintained by the higher education
21 services corporation; (x) indication made on any tax document that is
22 subject to mandatory electronic filing in accordance with the provisions
23 of section twenty-nine of the tax law; or (xi) through any other method
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 identified by the commissioner. The department shall establish a means
2 by which to register the consent given by individuals who are sixteen or
3 seventeen years of age in the donate life registry, and shall make
4 registration available by any of the methods provided in subparagraphs
5 (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) [and], (viii), (ix) and (x) of
6 this paragraph.
7 § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section
8 4310 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 40 of the laws of
9 2016, is amended to read as follows:
10 (i) Where required by law for [registration forms] transactions
11 described in subparagraphs (i), (ii) [and], (iv), (vii), (viii), (ix),
12 (x) and (xi) of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the commissioner
13 shall ensure, in consultation with the head of any agency required to
14 implement such transaction, that space is provided on any [registration]
15 required form so that the applicant shall register or decline registra-
16 tion in the donate life registry for organ, eye and tissue donations
17 under this section and that the following is stated on the form in clear
18 and conspicuous type:
19 "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to be added
20 to the Donate Life Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques-
21 tion'."
22 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
23 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that if chapter 149 of
24 the laws of 2020 shall not have taken effect on or before such date then
25 this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
26 such chapter of the laws of 2020, takes effect.
