Senate Bill S3637

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to mandatory continuing education requirements for coroners and coroner's deputies

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government 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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2025-S3637 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4014
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §679, County L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9578

2025-S3637 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires 30 hours of mandatory continuing education every three years for coroners and coroner's deputies.

2025-S3637 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3637 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3637
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law,  in  relation  to  mandatory  continuing
   education requirements for coroners and coroner's deputies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 679 of the county law, as added by chapter  184  of
 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   § 679.  Training requirements for coroners and coroner's deputies.  1.
 Each coroner and coroner's deputy, whether elected or appointed pursuant
 to  section  four hundred of this chapter, shall attend and successfully
 complete state-approved courses in medical-legal investigation. The cost
 of such courses shall be the responsibility of the coroner or  coroner's
 deputy,  provided  however that the county may, at its discretion, reim-
 burse the coroner or coroner's deputy for all or a portion of  the  cost
 of such courses. Such courses shall be prescribed, certified and accred-
 ited  pursuant  to  rules  promulgated  by  the department of health, in
 consultation with the department of  state,  the  division  of  criminal
 justice  services,  the superintendent of state police, the commissioner
 of education, and the chair of the commission on forensic  science.  The
 department  of  health  may  also  consult  with  qualified professional
 groups. Such rules shall also establish the frequency and  duration  for
 successful  completion  of  any  such  courses  by  [a]  THE  coroner or
 coroner's deputy and may prescribe heightened levels of training for any
 newly elected or appointed coroner or coroner's deputy.
   2. (A) EACH CORONER AND CORONER'S DEPUTY, WHETHER ELECTED OR APPOINTED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  SHALL  ATTEND  AND
 SUCCESSFULLY  COMPLETE  NO  LESS  THAN  THIRTY CREDITS IN STATE-APPROVED
 MEDICAL LEGAL INVESTIGATION COURSES OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD.  THE  COST
 OF  SUCH COURSES SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CORONER OR CORONER'S
 DEPUTY, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT THE COUNTY MAY, AT ITS  DISCRETION,  REIM-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06140-02-5

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