Bill Text: NY A10039 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Establishes Lauren's law requiring the commissioner of health to ask applicants about joining the donate life registry on consent applications.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-10-03 - signed chap.465 [A10039 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A10039-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                       10039--B
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 2, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. ORTIZ, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         SAYWARD -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --
         reported   and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amend-
         ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  to amend the public health law and the vehicle and traffic law,
         in relation to establishing Lauren's law; and providing for the repeal
         of such provisions upon expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
    2  "Lauren's law".
    3    S 2. Subdivision 2 of section  4310  of  the  public  health  law,  as
    4  amended  by  chapter  161  of  the  laws  of 2010, is amended to read as
    5  follows:
    6    2. Such registration of consent to make an anatomical gift can be made
    7  through (a) indication made on the application  or  renewal  form  of  a
    8  license,  (b) indication made on a non-driver identification card appli-
    9  cation or renewal form, (c) enrolling in the registry website maintained
   10  by the department, which may include using an electronic signature under
   11  regulations of the commissioner and subject  to  article  three  of  the
   12  state  technology  law, (d) indication made on a voter registration form
   13  pursuant to subdivision five of section 5-210 of the  election  law,  or
   14  (e)  through  any  other  method  identified  by the commissioner. WHERE
   15  REQUIRED BY LAW FOR CONSENT FORMS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF
   16  THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE  IS  PROVIDED
   17  ON  ANY  CONSENT  FORM  SO  THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL REGISTER OR DECLINE
   18  REGISTRATION IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE  DONATIONS
   19  UNDER THIS SECTION AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS STATED ON THE FORM IN CLEAR
   20  AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   21    "YOU  MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION:  WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ADDED
   22  TO THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY?  CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR  'SKIP  THIS  QUES-
   23  TION'."
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13875-13-2
       A. 10039--B                         2
    1    THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL NOT MAINTAIN RECORDS OF ANY PERSON WHO CHECKS
    2  "SKIP THIS QUESTION".   FAILURE TO CHECK A  BOX  SHALL  NOT  IMPAIR  THE
    3  VALIDITY OF AN APPLICATION, AND FAILURE TO CHECK "YES" OR CHECKING "SKIP
    4  THIS  QUESTION" SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO IMPLY A WISH NOT TO DONATE. IN
    5  THE  CASE  OF  AN  APPLICANT UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, CHECKING "YES"
    6  SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE CONSENT TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OR  REGISTRATION
    7  IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY. WHERE AN APPLICANT HAS PREVIOUSLY CONSENTED
    8  TO  MAKE  AN  ANATOMICAL GIFT OR REGISTERED IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY,
    9  CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" OR FAILING TO CHECK A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR
   10  THAT CONSENT OR REGISTRATION. The registration shall  take  effect  upon
   11  the  [department  sending]  PROVISION OF written OR ELECTRONIC notice of
   12  the registration to the person enrolling  in  the  registry.  In  making
   13  regulations  on  using  an  electronic  signature  for a registration of
   14  consent, the commissioner shall consult with the director of the  office
   15  [of] FOR technology.
   16    S  3. Subdivision 5 of section 4303 of the public health law, as added
   17  by chapter 466 of the laws of 1970, is amended to read as follows:
   18    5. Any gift by a person designated in subdivision two of section  four
   19  thousand three hundred one of this article shall be by a document signed
   20  by him OR HER or made by his OR HER telegraphic, recorded telephonic, or
   21  other  recorded  message.   WHERE A GIFT IS MADE UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION,
   22  EITHER: (A) THE DONOR SHALL INDICATE IN THE DOCUMENT OR MESSAGE THAT  HE
   23  OR  SHE HAS NO ACTUAL NOTICE OF CONTRARY INDICATIONS BY THE DECEDENT AND
   24  NO REASON TO  BELIEVE  THAT  AN  ANATOMICAL  GIFT  IS  CONTRARY  TO  THE
   25  DECEDENT'S  RELIGIOUS OR MORAL BELIEFS; OR (B) AN AGENT OF THE FEDERALLY
   26  DESIGNATED ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION OR OF  THE  DONEE  SHALL  MAKE
   27  REASONABLE  EFFORT  TO  INQUIRE OF THE DONOR OR OTHERWISE DETERMINE THAT
   28  THE DONOR HAS NO ACTUAL NOTICE OF CONTRARY INDICATIONS BY  THE  DECEDENT
   29  AND  NO  REASON  TO  BELIEVE  THAT AN ANATOMICAL GIFT IS CONTRARY TO THE
   30  DECEDENT'S RELIGIOUS OR MORAL BELIEFS.
   31    S 4. Subdivision 2 of section 490 of the vehicle and traffic  law,  as
   32  amended  by  chapter  575  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
   33  follows:
   34    2. Application. Any person to whom a  driver's  license  or  learner's
   35  permit  has  not  been  issued  by  the  commissioner, or whose driver's
   36  license or learner's permit is expired, suspended,  revoked  or  surren-
   37  dered,  may  make application to the commissioner for the issuance of an
   38  identification card.   THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  SPACE  IS
   39  PROVIDED  ON  THE  APPLICATION  SO  THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL REGISTER OR
   40  DECLINE REGISTRATION IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR  ORGAN  AND  TISSUE
   41  DONATIONS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  FORTY-THREE  HUNDRED TEN OF THE PUBLIC
   42  HEALTH LAW AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS STATED ON THE APPLICATION IN  CLEAR
   43  AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   44    "YOU  MUST  FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ADDED
   45  TO THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES'  OR  'SKIP  THIS  QUES-
   46  TION'."
   47    THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  SHALL NOT MAINTAIN
   48  RECORDS OF ANY PERSON WHO CHECKS "SKIP THIS QUESTION".  FAILURE TO CHECK
   49  A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR THE VALIDITY OF AN APPLICATION,  AND  FAILURE  TO
   50  CHECK  "YES"  OR CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO
   51  IMPLY A WISH NOT TO DONATE. IN THE CASE OF AN APPLICANT  UNDER  EIGHTEEN
   52  YEARS  OF  AGE,  CHECKING  "YES" SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE CONSENT TO MAKE AN
   53  ANATOMICAL GIFT OR REGISTRATION IN THE DONATE LIFE  REGISTRY.  WHERE  AN
   54  APPLICANT  HAS PREVIOUSLY CONSENTED TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OR REGIS-
   55  TERED IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY,  CHECKING  "SKIP  THIS  QUESTION"  OR
   56  FAILING TO CHECK A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR THAT CONSENT OR REGISTRATION.
       A. 10039--B                         3
    1    S  5.  Subdivision 1 of section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law, as
    2  amended by section 1 of part D of chapter 58 of the  laws  of  2012,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    1.  Application for license.  Application for a driver's license shall
    5  be made to the commissioner.  The fee prescribed by law may be submitted
    6  with such application. The applicant shall furnish such proof of identi-
    7  ty, age, and fitness as may be required by the commissioner. The commis-
    8  sioner may also provide that the application procedure shall include the
    9  taking of a photo image or images of the applicant  in  accordance  with
   10  rules  and  regulations prescribed by the commissioner. In addition, the
   11  commissioner also shall require that the applicant provide  his  or  her
   12  social  security  number  and  SHALL provide space on the application so
   13  that the applicant may register in the New York state organ  and  tissue
   14  donor  registry  under  section  forty-three  hundred  ten of the public
   15  health law[.] WITH THE FOLLOWING STATED ON THE APPLICATION IN CLEAR  AND
   16  CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   17    "YOU  MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION:  WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ADDED
   18  TO THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES'  OR  'SKIP  THIS  QUES-
   19  TION'."
   20    THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  SHALL NOT MAINTAIN
   21  RECORDS OF ANY PERSON WHO CHECKS "SKIP THIS QUESTION".  FAILURE TO CHECK
   22  A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR THE VALIDITY OF AN APPLICATION,  AND  FAILURE  TO
   23  CHECK  "YES"  OR CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO
   24  IMPLY A WISH NOT TO DONATE. IN THE CASE OF AN APPLICANT  UNDER  EIGHTEEN
   25  YEARS  OF  AGE,  CHECKING  "YES" SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE CONSENT TO MAKE AN
   26  ANATOMICAL GIFT OR REGISTRATION IN THE DONATE LIFE  REGISTRY.  WHERE  AN
   27  APPLICANT  HAS PREVIOUSLY CONSENTED TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OR REGIS-
   28  TERED IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY,  CHECKING  "SKIP  THIS  QUESTION"  OR
   29  FAILING TO CHECK A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR THAT CONSENT OR REGISTRATION. In
   30  addition,  an applicant for a commercial driver's license who will oper-
   31  ate a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce shall certify that
   32  such applicant meets the requirements  to  operate  a  commercial  motor
   33  vehicle,  as  set forth in public law 99-570, title XII, and title 49 of
   34  the code of federal regulations, and all regulations promulgated by  the
   35  United  States secretary of transportation under the hazardous materials
   36  transportation act. In addition, an applicant for a commercial  driver's
   37  license shall submit a medical certificate at such intervals as required
   38  by  the  federal  motor  carrier safety improvement act of 1999 and Part
   39  383.71(h) of title 49 of the code of  federal  regulations  relating  to
   40  medical  certification  and  in a manner prescribed by the commissioner.
   41  For purposes of this section  and  sections  five  hundred  three,  five
   42  hundred ten-a, and five hundred ten-aa of this title, the terms "medical
   43  certificate" and "medical certification" shall mean a form substantially
   44  in  compliance  with the form set forth in Part 391.43(h) of title 49 of
   45  the code of federal regulations. Upon a determination that the holder of
   46  a commercial driver's license has made any false statement, with respect
   47  to the application for such license, the commissioner shall revoke  such
   48  license.
   49    S  6. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
   50  law; provided that the commissioners of health and  motor  vehicles  may
   51  implement  sections  two, four and five of this act within their respec-
   52  tive jurisdictions before that date; and  provided,  further,  that  the
   53  provisions  of  this act shall expire and be deemed repealed three years
   54  after such effective date.
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