Bill Text: NY S06035 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relates to death certificates for persons whose death is caused by an opioid overdose.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-02 - PRINT NUMBER 6035A [S06035 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S06035-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relates to death certificates for persons whose death is caused by an opioid overdose.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-02 - PRINT NUMBER 6035A [S06035 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S06035-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6035 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to death certificates for persons whose death is caused by an opioid overdose The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 of section 4141 of the 2 public health law, as amended by chapter 153 of the laws of 2011, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (d) Where a death is caused by an opioid overdose, such information 5 shall be indicated on the certificate, including, if ascertainable, the 6 specific opioid that caused the death of the decedent, along with any 7 other related information as the commissioner may require. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11570-01-7