Requires medical certificate portion of death certificates to include a determination of whether the deceased suffered a sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6232
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to sudden, unexpected
death in epilepsy
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 4141 of the public health law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
3 (e) The medical certificate shall include a determination as to wheth-
4 er the deceased suffered a sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy, in
5 accordance with standards established by the commissioner.
6 § 2. Section 4210 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
7 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
8 5. Every autopsy of the body of a deceased human shall include an
9 investigation and determinations as to whether the deceased suffered a
10 sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy, in accordance with standards
11 established by the commissioner. In the event the deceased did suffer a
12 sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy, such information shall be reported
13 to the department within three business days.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
15 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
16 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
17 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is
18 authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such
19 effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11377-01-3
