Assembly Bill A10163

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the "New York saves lives act"

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A10163 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §207, Pub Health L; add §§209-b & 6235, Ed L

2023-A10163 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "New York saves lives act" to authorize any New York state resident aged sixteen and older to register as an organ, eye and tissue donor through the New York state donate life registry; adds a New York state donate life registry option on admission applications to the state university of New York and the city university of New York.

2023-A10163 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10163
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Blumencranz)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
   to  expanding  current  educational programming and outreach about the
   need for and importance of organ and tissue donations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited the
 "New York saves lives act".
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph (s) read as follows:
   (S) ANY RESIDENT OF THIS STATE SIXTEEN YEARS AND OLDER MAY REGISTER TO
 SAVE  LIVES  BY SIGNING UP AS AN ORGAN, EYE AND TISSUE DONOR THROUGH THE
 NEW YORK STATE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY.
   § 3. The education law is amended by adding a  new  section  209-b  to
 read as follows:
   §  209-B.  NEW  YORK STATE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY OPTION ON APPLICATIONS
 FOR ADMISSION TO THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. 1.  ALL  APPLICATIONS
 FOR  ADMISSION TO THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL CONTAIN A SPACE
 FOR THE APPLICANT TO REGISTER IN THE NEW YORK STATE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY
 FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATIONS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  FORTY-
 THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
   2.  THE  CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL ANNUALLY
 REPORT THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS THAT ELECTED TO REGISTER IN THE NEW YORK
 STATE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY TO THE GOVERNOR; THE TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF
 THE  SENATE;  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE ASSEMBLY; THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE
 SENATE; AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
   § 4. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6235 to read
 as follows:
   § 6235. NEW YORK STATE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY OPTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR
 ADMISSION TO THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. 1.  ALL  APPLICATIONS  FOR
 ADMISSION  TO  THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL CONTAIN A SPACE FOR
 THE APPLICANT TO REGISTER IN THE NEW YORK STATE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15345-01-4

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