Senate Bill S251

2015-2016 Legislative Session

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

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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-S251 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8667
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง4174, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7714, A10938
2011-2012: S1458, A1411
2013-2014: S1770, A1215
2017-2018: S4822, A6326

2015-S251 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-S251 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S251 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   251

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN, LARKIN -- 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 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:

  Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 4174 of the public health law,  as
amended  by  chapter  170  of  the  laws  of 1994, is amended to read as
follows:
  5. (a) The United States social security administration  OR  A  COUNTY
COMMISSIONER  OF  SOCIAL SERVICES, CITY COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES,
TOWN SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICER OR CITY SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICER AS  DEFINED
IN  SUBDIVISION  FOURTEEN  OF SECTION TWO OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW may
obtain information from death certificates needed in the  administration
of  old-age and survivors insurance benefits laws AND THE ADMINISTRATION
OF ASSISTANCE OR CARE AS REFERENCED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED  SIX  OF  THE
SOCIAL  SERVICES  LAW, subject to the provisions of any contract entered
into pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
  (b) In addition, the commissioner or  any  person  authorized  by  the
commissioner  is  authorized  and  directed  to  enter into [a contract]
CONTRACTS to furnish the federal secretary of health and human services,
A COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES, CITY  COMMISSIONER  OF  SOCIAL
SERVICES,  TOWN  SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICER OR CITY SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICER
AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION TWO OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES
LAW WITH information concerning individuals with respect to  whom  death
certificates  have  been  officially  filed  with the commissioner. Such
[contract] CONTRACTS shall not include any restriction  on  the  use  of
information obtained by such secretary, COMMISSIONERS OR OFFICERS pursu-

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

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