Bill Text: NY A09107 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of health to issue a death certificate to any applicant upon the request of a sibling of the deceased.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - signed chap.130 [A09107 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09107-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. 6314                                                  A. 9107
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 25, 2012
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       IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and  referred
         to the Committee on Health
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the
         commissioner of health to issue a death certificate to  any  applicant
         upon the request of a sibling of the deceased
         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 396 of the laws of 1989, 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 spouse, children,
   13  SIBLINGS or parents of the deceased or the lawful representative of such
   14  persons,  or (7) pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdic-
   15  tion on a showing of necessity; except no certified  copy  or  certified
   16  transcript  of a death record shall be subject to disclosure under arti-
   17  cle six of the public officers law;
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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