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Senate Bill S2819
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S2819 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง4100, 4104, 4141, 4141-a, 4142, 4144, 4161, 4171 & 4175, Pub Health L
2009-S2819 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S599A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to death certificates PURPOSE : This bill authorizes nurse practitioners to sign death certificates in like manner as physicians and imposes upon nurse practitioners the same duties that physicians have. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This bill amends Public Health Law, sections 4104, 4141, 4141-a, 4142, 4144, 4161, 4171, and 4175 to include nurse practitioners as persons able to issue death certificates. EXISTING LAW : Nurse practitioners are unable under existing law to issue death certificates. JUSTIFICATION : Nurse practitioners are frequently the caregivers in last attendance when a patient passes away. With their extensive training and expertise, they are more than qualified under their existing scope of practice to perform this function.
2009-S2819 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2819 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 4, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- 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 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 4100 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONERS COMPLETING A DEATH CERTIFICATE FOR A DEATH OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL HAVE THE SAME AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLETE THE CERTIFICATE AS THEY WOULD HAVE IF THE DEATH OCCURRED OUTSIDE SUCH CITY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH RESPONSI- BILITY SHALL BE EXERCISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. S 2. Section 4104 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 435 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: S 4104. Vital statistics; application of article. The provisions of this article except for the provisions contained in paragraph (i) of subdivision two AND SUBDIVISION FOUR of section four thousand one hundred, section four thousand one hundred three, subdivision two of section four thousand one hundred thirty-five, section four thousand one hundred thirty-five-b, subdivision eight of section four thousand one hundred seventy-four, paragraphs (b) and (e) of subdivision one of section four thousand one hundred thirty-eight, subdivision eleven of section four thousand one hundred thirty-eight-c, and section four thou- sand one hundred seventy-nine of this article, shall not apply to the city of New York. S 3. Subdivision 4 of section 4141 of the public health law, paragraph (d) as added by chapter 413 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04016-01-9 S. 2819 2
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