STATE OF NEW YORK
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827
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 6, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- 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 requiring written
in-person or electronic notifications to be utilized for registration
in the donate life registry
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 5 of section 4310 of the
2 public health law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending
3 the public health law relating to requiring written in-person or elec-
4 tronic notifications to be utilized for registration in the donate life
5 registry, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6921-A and A.
6 7916-A, is amended to read as follows:
7 (c) Enrollment or amendment or revocation through the donate life
8 registry website through any of the means listed in this subdivision may
9 be signed by electronic signature, in accordance with the provisions of
10 article three of the state technology law, supported by the use of suit-
11 able mechanisms including unique identifiers to provide confidence in
12 the identity of the person providing the electronic signature. The
13 registration shall take effect upon the provision of written or elec-
14 tronic notice of the registration to the individual enrolling in the
15 donate life registry and the registry's [receipt] entry of the individ-
16 ual's enrollment data in the registry; provided, however, that written
17 in-person or electronic notifications shall be utilized wherever possi-
18 ble as methods for fulfillment of the purposes of this paragraph.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
20 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public health law
21 relating to requiring written in-person or electronic notifications to
22 be utilized for registration in the donate life registry, as proposed in
23 legislative bills numbers S. 6921-A and A. 7916-A, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03939-01-3
