Assembly Bill A6386A

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to patients interred at state mental health hospital cemeteries

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A6386 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S840
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7.09, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10636, S6805
2013-2014: A3175, S2514

2015-A6386 - Summary

Relates to patients interred at state mental health hospital cemeteries; directs the release of the name, birthdate and date of death of certain patients 50 years after the date of death.

2015-A6386 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6386

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Mental Health

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to patients interred
  at state mental health hospital cemeteries

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
33.27 to read as follows:
S 33.27 RELEASE OF CERTAIN PATIENTS' NAMES AND DATES OF BIRTH AND DEATH.
  (A) TO MARK HEADSTONES OR OTHERWISE MEMORIALIZE PATIENTS  INTERRED  AT
STATE  MENTAL  HEALTH  HOSPITAL  CEMETERIES,  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE
AVAILABLE THE NAME, DATE OF BIRTH AND DATE OF DEATH OF  PATIENTS  BURIED
IN  STATE  MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL CEMETERIES FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE DEATH
OF A PATIENT.
  (B) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM  "STATE  MENTAL  HEALTH
HOSPITALS"  SHALL MEAN ANY STATE-FUNDED INSTITUTION TO CARE FOR AND HELP
TREAT THE MENTALLY ILL OR DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED IN  NEW  YORK  STATE.
SUCH  TERM  SHALL  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO FORMER ASYLUMS FOR THE
INSANE, SUCH AS THE NEW YORK STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM, UTICA STATE HOSPITAL,
WILLARD ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE, WILLARD STATE HOSPITAL,  NEW  YORK  STATE
INEBRIATE  ASYLUM,  BINGHAMTON ASYLUM FOR THE CHRONIC INSANE, BINGHAMTON
STATE HOSPITAL, BUFFALO STATE ASYLUM FOR  THE  INSANE,  NEW  YORK  STATE
ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE, BUFFALO STATE HOSPITAL, NEW YORK STATE ASYLUM FOR
IDIOTS AND THE ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS IN ALBANY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on  or
before such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03851-01-5

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2015-A6386A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S840
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7.09, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10636, S6805
2013-2014: A3175, S2514

2015-A6386A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to patients interred at state mental health hospital cemeteries; directs the release of the name, birthdate and date of death of certain patients 50 years after the date of death.

2015-A6386A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6386--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER, COOK, BLAKE, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.  MAGEE -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
  Mental Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to patients interred
  at state mental health hospital cemeteries

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.   Section 7.09 of the mental  hygiene  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision (k) to read as follows:
  (K) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, ON REQUEST BY A
REPRESENTATIVE  OF A CEMETERY ORGANIZATION OR FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT, THE
COMMISSIONER AND DIRECTORS OF OFFICE FACILITIES  SHALL  RELEASE  TO  THE
REPRESENTATIVE THE NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, OR DATE OF DEATH OF A PERSON WHO
WAS A PATIENT AT THE FACILITY WHEN THE PERSON DIED, UNLESS THE PERSON OR
THE  PERSON'S GUARDIAN PROVIDED WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO THE FACILITY NOT
TO RELEASE SUCH PERSON'S NAME OR DATES OF BIRTH AND DEATH.  A  REPRESEN-
TATIVE  OF  A CEMETERY ORGANIZATION OR A FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT MAY USE A
NAME OR DATE RELEASED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION ONLY  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
INSCRIBING THE NAME OR DATE ON A GRAVE MARKER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on  or
before such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03851-04-5

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