Bill Text: NY A07594 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7594 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Prohibits persons who were the subject of an order of protection protecting a decedent or who have been arrested or charged in the death of a decedent from controlling the disposition of the decedent's remains.

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-05 - reported referred to rules [A07594 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07594-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7594
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the disposition of
         remains
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 4201 of the public health law is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
    3    (E) NO PERSON WHO: (1) AT THE TIME OF THE DECEDENT'S  DEATH,  WAS  THE
    4  SUBJECT  OF  AN  ORDER OF PROTECTION PROTECTING THE DECEDENT; OR (2) HAS
    5  BEEN ARRESTED OR CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME SET FORTH IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED
    6  TWENTY-FIVE OF THE PENAL LAW AS A RESULT OF ANY ACTION CAUSALLY  RELATED
    7  TO  THE  DEATH  OF THE DECEDENT SHALL BE DEEMED COMPETENT TO CONTROL THE
    8  DISPOSITION OF A DECEDENT'S REMAINS.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02534-01-1