Assembly Bill A5179

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Makes permanent the provisions of Lauren's law, providing for the election to or declining to elect to register in the donate life registry for organ and tissue donation

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S1206 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2017-A5179 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1206
Law Section:
Health
Laws Affected:
Amd §6, Chap 465 of 2012
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A8661, S6528

2017-A5179 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes permanent the provisions of Lauren's law, providing for the election to or declining to elect to register in the donate life registry for organ and tissue donation.

2017-A5179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5179
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, McDONOUGH, MOSLEY, McDO-
   NALD,  COLTON,  ZEBROWSKI, SKOUFIS, THIELE, TITONE, BENEDETTO, CAHILL,
   HYNDMAN, BLAKE, STIRPE, STECK, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of
   A.  ABBATE, CRESPO, ENGLEBRIGHT, KEARNS, LOPEZ, SCHIMMINGER, SEPULVEDA
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend Lauren's law, in relation to making  the  provisions  of
   such law permanent
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 465 of the laws of 2012,  constituting
 Lauren's  law, as amended by chapter 174 of the laws of 2016, is amended
 to read as follows:
   § 6. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law;  provided  that  the commissioners of health and motor vehicles may
 implement sections two, four and five of this act within  their  respec-
 tive  jurisdictions  before  that date[; and provided, further, that the
 provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed  seven  years
 after such effective date].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 

 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02019-01-7

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