Assembly Actions -
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Mar 07, 2018 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A10013
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CRESPO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
Angelo Santabarbara
Michael J. Fitzpatrick
Mary Beth Walsh
Michael Cusick
2017-A10013 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A10013 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10013 I N A S S E M B L Y March 7, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the disposition of fetal remains THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 4160 of the public health law, as amended by chap- ter 436 of the laws of 1967, subdivision 2 as amended and subdivisions 4 and 5 as added by chapter 809 of the laws of 1987 and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 552 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: § 4160. Fetal deaths; registration. 1. Fetal death is defined as death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a prod- uct of conception; the death is indicated by the fact that after such separation, the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles. 2. A fetal death shall be registered within seventy-two hours after expulsion of [such fetus] A FETUS OF ANY GESTATIONAL AGE, by filing directly with the commissioner a certificate of such death. In addition, a report of fetal death shall be reported to the registrar in the district in which the fetal death occurred. 3. IN THE CASE OF A SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATH AT ANY GESTATIONAL AGE, THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OR A PERSON DESIGNATED BY THE HOSPITAL SHALL ENSURE THAT THE MOTHER OF THE FETUS IS INFORMED OF HER RIGHT TO ACCESS THE REPORT OF FETAL DEATH AND TO DIRECT EITHER BURIAL, ENTOMBMENT OR CREMATION OF THE FETAL REMAINS. 4. For the purposes of this article, a fetal death shall be considered as a birth and as a death except that, for a fetal death, separate birth and death certificates shall not be required to be prepared and recorded, except as provided in section forty-one hundred sixty-a of this title. [4.] 5. Local registrars of each district in which fetal death certif- icates were filed prior to the effective date of this subdivision shall EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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