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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          10664
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 13, 2010
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, BRODSKY, HOYT, CONTE -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law and the state technology  law,  in
          relation  to  permitting an electronic signature to make an anatomical
          gift
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 4310 of the public health law, as
     2  amended by chapter 362 of the laws  of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    2. Such registration of consent to make an anatomical gift can be made
     5  through  (a)  indication  made  on  the application or renewal form of a
     6  license, (b) indication made on a non-driver identification card  appli-
     7  cation or renewal form, (c) enrolling in the registry website maintained
     8  by the department, which may include using an electronic signature under
     9  regulations  of  the  commissioner  and  subject to article three of the
    10  state technology law, (d) indication made on a voter  registration  form
    11  pursuant  to  subdivision  five of section 5-210 of the election law, or
    12  (e) through any other method identified by the commissioner.  The regis-

    13  tration shall take effect upon the department sending written notice  of
    14  the  registration  to  the  person enrolling in the registry.  In making
    15  regulations on using an  electronic  signature  for  a  registration  of
    16  consent,  the commissioner shall consult with the director of the office
    17  of technology.
    18    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 307 of the state  technology  law,  such
    19  section  as renumbered by chapter 437 of the laws of 2004, is amended to
    20  read as follows:
    21    1. To any document providing for the disposition  of  an  individual's
    22  person or property upon death or incompetence, or appointing a fiduciary
    23  of  an  individual's  person or property, including, without limitation,
    24  wills, trusts, decisions consenting to orders not to resuscitate, powers

    25  of attorney and health care proxies, with the exception of: (a) contrac-
    26  tual beneficiary designations; and (b) the  registration  of  making  an
    27  anatomical  gift  under  section  forty-three  hundred ten of the public
    28  health law under regulations under that section.
    29    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11421-03-0