STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4621 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the reporting of lyme and tick-borne disease infection after death The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 2799 to read as follows: 3 § 2799. Reporting of lyme and tick-borne disease infection after 4 death. If a coroner, pathologist, medical examiner, or other person 5 qualified to conduct an examination of a deceased person discovers that 6 at the time of death the individual was afflicted with lyme or other 7 tick-borne diseases, he or she shall report the case promptly to the 8 department according to the manner prescribed by the commissioner. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03901-01-1