Bill Text: NY S01458 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes agreements for county, city and town social services departments to access death certificates maintained by the department of public health.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-30 - referred to health [S01458 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01458-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 1458                                                  A. 1411
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 7, 2011
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       IN  SENATE  --  Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, LARKIN, RANZENHOFER -- read
         twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
         Committee on Health
       IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  agreements  to
         provide  county, city and town social services departments with access
         to death certificates
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 5 of section 4174 of the public health law, as
    2  amended by chapter 170 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    5.  (a)  The  United States social security administration OR A COUNTY
    5  COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES, CITY COMMISSIONER OF  SOCIAL  SERVICES,
    6  TOWN  SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICER OR CITY SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICER AS DEFINED
    7  IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION TWO OF THE SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW  may
    8  obtain  information from death certificates needed in the administration
    9  of old-age and survivors insurance benefits laws AND THE  ADMINISTRATION
   10  OF  ASSISTANCE  OR  CARE AS REFERENCED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIX OF THE
   11  SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, subject to the provisions of any  contract  entered
   12  into pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
   13    (b)  In  addition,  the  commissioner  or any person authorized by the
   14  commissioner is authorized and  directed  to  enter  into  [a  contract]
   15  CONTRACTS to furnish the federal secretary of health and human services,
   16  A  COUNTY  COMMISSIONER  OF SOCIAL SERVICES, CITY COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL
   17  SERVICES, TOWN SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICER OR CITY SOCIAL  SERVICES  OFFICER
   18  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION TWO OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES
   19  LAW  WITH  information concerning individuals with respect to whom death
   20  certificates have been officially  filed  with  the  commissioner.  Such
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03871-01-1
       S. 1458                             2                            A. 1411
    1  [contract]  CONTRACTS  shall  not  include any restriction on the use of
    2  information obtained by such secretary, COMMISSIONERS OR OFFICERS pursu-
    3  ant to such [contract] CONTRACTS, except that such [contract]  CONTRACTS
    4  may  provide  that  such information is only to be used by the secretary
    5  (or any other federal agency), COMMISSIONERS OR OFFICERS (OR  ANY  OTHER
    6  COUNTY  AGENCIES  OR TOWN OFFICES) for purposes of ensuring that federal
    7  benefits or other payments are not erroneously paid to deceased individ-
    8  uals OR TO ENABLE SUCH COMMISSIONERS OR OFFICERS TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES
    9  PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIX OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.