Bill Text: NY A05780 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires certain training for coroners and coroner's deputies.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-21 - signed chap.184 [A05780 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A05780-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5780--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 15, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, GOTTFRIED, HARRIS, BENEDETTO, D'URSO, ORTIZ, MONTESANO, BLAKE, RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, CROUCH, GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to training requirements for coroners and coroner's deputies The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The county law is amended by adding a new section 679 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 679. Training requirements for coroners and coroner's deputies. Each 4 coroner and coroner's deputy, whether elected or appointed pursuant to 5 section four hundred of this chapter, shall attend and successfully 6 complete state-approved courses in medical-legal investigation. The cost 7 of such courses shall be the responsibility of the coroner or coroner's 8 deputy, provided however that the county may, at its discretion, reim- 9 burse the coroner or coroner's deputy for all or a portion of the cost 10 of such courses. Such courses shall be prescribed, certified and accred- 11 ited pursuant to rules promulgated by the department of health, in 12 consultation with the department of state, the division of criminal 13 justice services, the superintendent of state police, the commissioner 14 of education, and the chair of the commission on forensic science. The 15 department of health may also consult with qualified professional 16 groups. Such rules shall also establish the frequency and duration for 17 successful completion of any such courses by a coroner or coroner's 18 deputy and may prescribe heightened levels of training for any newly 19 elected or appointed coroner or coroner's deputy. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 21 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the commissioner of 22 health is authorized and directed to promulgate any rules and regu- 23 lations necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its effec- 24 tive date on or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04584-04-7