Assembly Bill A2311

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting charges for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or fetal death

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A2311 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1807
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4160-a & 4160, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9896, S9149

2025-A2311 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or fetal death.

2025-A2311 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2311
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ZACCARO, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, CRUZ, BICHOTTE HERMELYN,
   HEVESI,  HYNDMAN, SIMPSON, GRAY, NOVAKHOV, McDONOUGH, DeSTEFANO, MIKU-
   LIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting charg-
   es for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or fetal death

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 9 of section 4160-a of the public health law,
 as added by chapter 552 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   9.  The  registrar [may] SHALL NOT charge [a] ANY fee for the issuance
 of a certificate under this section [equal to the fee authorized by  law
 for the certification of a birth or death].
   §  2. Section 4160 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. A LOCAL REGISTRAR SHALL NOT CHARGE A FEE  FOR  THE  ISSUANCE  OF  A
 CERTIFICATE OF FETAL DEATH UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01554-01-5

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