Bill Text: NY A06180 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: Adds domestic partner, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews of the deceased individual or the lawful representative of such persons to receive death certificates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-12-22 - approval memo.68 [A06180 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06180-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6180

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 3, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to death certificates

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1 of section 4174 of the
     2  public health law, as amended by chapter 130 of the  laws  of  2012,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  upon request, issue to any applicant either a certified copy or a
     5  certified transcript of the record of any  death  registered  under  the
     6  provisions  of  this chapter (1) when a documented medical need has been
     7  demonstrated, (2) when a documented need to establish a legal  right  or
     8  claim  has  been demonstrated, (3) when needed for medical or scientific
     9  research approved by the commissioner, (4) when needed  for  statistical
    10  or  epidemiological  purposes  approved  by  the  commissioner, (5) upon
    11  specific request by municipal, state or federal agencies for statistical
    12  or official purposes, (6) upon specific request of the agent, as defined
    13  in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section  four
    14  thousand  two  hundred one of this chapter, spouse, on;domestic partner,
    15  children, siblings [or], parents , grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins,
    16  nieces or nephews of the deceased or the lawful representative  of  such
    17  persons,  or (7) pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdic-
    18  tion on a showing of necessity; except no certified  copy  or  certified
    19  transcript  of a death record shall be subject to disclosure under arti-
    20  cle six of the public officers law;
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10401-01-3