Includes whether an individual was in custody on the death certificate for such individual; requires such information to be included in the publicly available statistics published on the website of the department of health.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6693
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 12, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. BENJAMIN -- 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 including whether
an individual was in custody on the death certificate for such indi-
vidual
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4141 of the public health law, as
2 amended by chapter 398 of the laws of 1997, is amended and a new subdi-
3 vision 5 is added to read as follows:
4 1. The certificate of death shall contain such information, including
5 but not limited to the decedent's social security number and whether
6 such decedent was in the custody of a law enforcement officer or correc-
7 tional facility at the time of death, and shall be in such form as the
8 commissioner may prescribe. As used in this section, the term "law
9 enforcement officer" means any public servant who is authorized to
10 conduct an investigation, prosecute or make an arrest for a criminal
11 offense.
12 5. Where a death occurs in the custody of a law enforcement officer or
13 correctional facility, such information shall be included in the public-
14 ly available statistics published on the website of the department.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
16 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
17 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
18 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
19 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11371-01-1
