S07307 Summary:
BILL NO | S07307A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A10020-A |
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SPONSOR | YOUNG |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §4144, rpld §4144 sub 7, Pub Health L | |
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Eliminates restrictions on the removal of human remains from the county in which the death occurred. |
S07307 Actions:
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04/13/2016 | REFERRED TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2016 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2016 | PRINT NUMBER 7307A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2016 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2016 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1739 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2016 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2016 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2016 | referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2016 | substituted for a10020a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2016 | ordered to third reading rules cal.523 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2016 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2016 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09/20/2016 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09/29/2016 | SIGNED CHAP.378 |
S07307 Committee Votes:
Go to topS07307 Floor Votes:
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Abbate
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez
ER
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
ER
Crouch
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
ER
Curran
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupinacci
ER
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Harris
ER
Magee
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stec
ER
Barron
Yes
DenDekker
ER
Hikind
Yes
Markey
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
ER
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Raia
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Blake
ER
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Blankenbush
ER
Duprey
ER
Jaffee
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titone
Yes
Braunstein
ER
Fahy
Yes
Johns
ER
Miller
ER
Robinson
Yes
Titus
ER
Brennan
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brindisi
ER
Finch
ER
Katz
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Walter
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Butler
Yes
Galef
ER
Kim
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Nojay
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Cancel
Yes
Garbarino
ER
Lalor
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
ER
Wozniak
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimel
ER
Wright
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
ER
Ortiz
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Otis
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Linares
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simanowitz
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S07307 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7307--A IN SENATE April 13, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to burial and removal permits; and to repeal subdivision 7 of section 4144 of such law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 4144 of the public health 2 law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 617 of the laws of 1980, para- 3 graph (a) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 219 of the laws of 4 1972, paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 352 of the 5 laws of 2013 and paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 6 267 of the laws of 1967, are amended to read as follows: 7 1. The body of any person whose death occurs in this state, or which 8 shall be found dead herein shall not be interred, deposited in a vault 9 or tomb, cremated or otherwise disposed of, or removed from [the county10in which the death occurred or the body was found] this state, or be 11 temporarily held pending further disposition more than seventy-two hours 12 after death, unless a permit for burial, removal, or other disposition 13 thereof shall have been properly issued by the registrar of vital 14 statistics of the registration district in which the death occurred or 15 the body was found[, except that such a body may be removed to an adja-16cent county without first obtaining a permit therefor]; provided, howev- 17 er, that a licensed funeral director may apply for and receive such 18 permit on behalf of any person or institution authorized by article 19 forty-two or forty-three of this chapter to receive unclaimed cadavers 20 or anatomical gifts. 21 2. (a) [Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) hereof, no] No 22 burial or removal permit shall be issued by any registrar until, wherev- 23 er practicable, a complete and satisfactory certificate of death has 24 been filed with him as provided in this article. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15014-05-6S. 7307--A 2 1 (b) [Verbal permission to remove a body of a deceased person from the2county in which death occurred or the body was found to a non-adjacent3county within the state of New York, as provided in subdivision one of4this section, shall be issued by the said registrar of vital statistics,5upon request by telephone of a licensed funeral director or undertaker6who holds a certificate of death signed by the attending physician or7nurse practitioner, or for deaths occurring on or after the implementa-8tion date under section forty-one hundred forty-eight of this title,9such certificate of death signed by the attending physician or nurse10practitioner is available electronically in accordance with section11forty-one hundred forty-eight of this title, showing that the death12resulted from natural causes and was not a result of accidental,13suicidal, homicidal or other external causes.14(c) If it is not possible for the funeral director or undertaker to15communicate with the registrar by telephone, verbal permission to remove16a body of a deceased person under the same conditions as those17prescribed for the registrar may be issued by the commissioner or person18authorized by him.19(d)] The funeral director or undertaker who shall make any removal 20 before a permit is issued by the registrar, shall return the body to the 21 registration district where death occurred, whenever the coroner, 22 medical examiner, or district attorney shall request such return of the 23 body for investigation or post-mortem examination. 24 (c) Except as specifically provided in this section, the existing 25 general duties of, and remuneration received by, local registrars in 26 accepting and filing certificates of death and issuing burial and 27 removal permits pursuant to any statute or regulation shall be main- 28 tained, and not altered or abridged in any way by this section. 29 § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 4144 of the public health law is 30 REPEALED. 31 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.