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Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jun 21, 2012 |
committed to rules |
| Jun 19, 2012 |
amended on third reading 2147b |
| Jun 19, 2012 |
vote reconsidered - restored to third reading returned to senate recalled from assembly |
| May 22, 2012 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
| May 21, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
| May 16, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
| May 15, 2012 |
1st report cal.813 |
| Mar 29, 2012 |
print number 2147a |
| Mar 29, 2012 |
amend and recommit to health |
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to health returned to senate died in assembly |
| Jun 16, 2011 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
| May 02, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
| Apr 13, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
| Apr 12, 2011 |
1st report cal.386 |
| Jan 18, 2011 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S2147
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2011-S2147 - Details
2011-S2147 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2147
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public health law, in relation to sales and purchases of
human organs
PURPOSE:
To address current shortcomings in the public Health law with
respect to the harvesting of body parte, specifically in the context
of non-organ tissue.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends section 4307 of the public
health law to prohibit the sale of human organs and body parts.
JUSTIFICATION:
Amid scandals involving the illegal buying, selling and
distribution of human tissue by funeral homes and licensed
biomedical companies, deficiencies in current law with respect to
this area have become apparent. These scandals have involved funeral
homes removing tissue (e.g. skin, bone, organs and non-organ tissue)
from bodies before embalming or cremation without the permission of
the deceased's family. The tissue was then sold illegally to
biomedical companies who would then present it as legitimately
harvested tissue. In some instances, the ages of donors had been
2011-S2147 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2147
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 18, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, DeFRANCISCO, JOHNSON -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to sales and
purchases of human organs
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 4307 of the public health law, as amended by chap-
ter 362 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
S 4307. Prohibition of sales and purchases of human organs OR BODY
PARTS. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly acquire,
receive, or otherwise transfer for valuable consideration any human
organ for use in human transplantation, OR TO PROCURE ANY BODY PART IN
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION. [The term human organ means the human kidney,
liver, heart, lung, bone marrow, and any other human organ or tissue as
may be designated by the commissioner but shall exclude blood. The term
"valuable consideration" does not include the reasonable payments asso-
ciated with the removal, transportation, implantation, processing, pres-
ervation, quality control, and storage of a human organ or the expenses
of travel, housing, and lost wages incurred by the donor of a human
organ in connection with the donation of the organ.] Any person who
violates this section shall be guilty of a class E felony FOR EACH
INSTANCE OF SALE.
2. For the purposes of this section, the donation of a kidney or other
organ from a live donor for transplantation into an individual condi-
tioned upon the donation and transplantation of a similar organ into an
individual specified by the donor shall not, in and of itself, be
considered to be "valuable consideration" provided that such donation
and transplant are performed in accordance with other applicable laws,
rules and regulations, including any specific rules and regulations the
commissioner may adopt, with the advice and consent of the transplant
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05136-01-1
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2011-S2147A - Details
2011-S2147A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2147A
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to sales and
purchases of human organs
PURPOSE:
To address current shortcomings in the public Health law with respect to
the harvesting of body parts, specifically in the context of non-organ
tissue.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends section 4307 of the public health law to prohibit the
sale of human organs and body parts other than blood and ocular tissue.
JUSTIFICATION:
Amid scandals involving the illegal buying, selling and distribution of
human tissue by funeral homes and licensed biomedical companies, defi-
ciencies in current law with respect to this area have become apparent.
These scandals have involved funeral homes removing tissue (e.g. skin,
bone, organs and non-organ tissue) from bodies before embalming or
cremation without the permission of the deceased's family. The tissue
was then sold illegally to biomedical companies who would then present
it as legitimately harvested tissue. In some instances, the ages of
donors had been changed and unscreened tissue taken from cancer patients
had been used in implant and replacement procedures.
2011-S2147A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2147--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 18, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, DeFRANCISCO, JOHNSON, LARKIN, LIBOUS, YOUNG
-- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to sales and
purchases of human organs
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 4307 of the public health law, as amended by chap-
ter 362 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
S 4307. Prohibition of sales and purchases of human organs OR BODY
PARTS. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly acquire,
receive, or otherwise transfer for valuable consideration any human
organ for use in human transplantation, OR TO PROCURE ANY BODY PART IN
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION. [The term human organ means the human kidney,
liver, heart, lung, bone marrow, and any other human organ or tissue as
may be designated by the commissioner but shall exclude blood. The term
"valuable consideration" does not include the reasonable payments asso-
ciated with the removal, transportation, implantation, processing, pres-
ervation, quality control, and storage of a human organ or the expenses
of travel, housing, and lost wages incurred by the donor of a human
organ in connection with the donation of the organ.] Any person who
violates this section shall be guilty of a class E felony FOR EACH
INSTANCE OF SALE.
2. For the purposes of this section, the donation of a kidney or other
organ from a live donor for transplantation into an individual condi-
tioned upon the donation and transplantation of a similar organ into an
individual specified by the donor shall not, in and of itself, be
considered to be "valuable consideration" provided that such donation
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05136-02-2
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2011-S2147B (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S2147B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2147B
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public health law, in relation to sales and purchases of
human organs
PURPOSE:
To address current shortcomings in the public Health law with respect
to the harvesting of body parts, specifically in the context of
non-organ tissue.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends section 4307 of the public health law to prohibit
the sale of human organs and body parts other than blood and ocular
tissue.
JUSTIFICATION:
Amid scandals involving the illegal buying, selling and distribution
of human tissue by funeral homes and licensed biomedical companies,
deficiencies in current law with respect to this area have become
apparent. These scandals have involved funeral homes removing tissue
(e.g. skin, bone, organs and non-organ tissue) from bodies before
embalming or cremation without the permission of the deceased's
family. The tissue was then sold illegally to biomedical companies
who would then present it as legitimately harvested tissue. In some
2011-S2147B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2147--B
Cal. No. 813
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 18, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, DeFRANCISCO, JOHNSON, LARKIN, LIBOUS, YOUNG
-- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and deliv-
ered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to sales and
purchases of human organs
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 4307 of the public health law, as amended by chap-
ter 362 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
S 4307. Prohibition of sales and purchases of human organs OR BODY
PARTS. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly acquire,
receive, or otherwise transfer for valuable consideration any human
organ for use in human transplantation, OR TO PROCURE ANY BODY PART IN
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION. [The term human organ means the human kidney,
liver, heart, lung, bone marrow, and any other human organ or tissue as
may be designated by the commissioner but shall exclude blood. The term
"valuable consideration" does not include the reasonable payments asso-
ciated with the removal, transportation, implantation, processing, pres-
ervation, quality control, and storage of a human organ or the expenses
of travel, housing, and lost wages incurred by the donor of a human
organ in connection with the donation of the organ.] Any person who
violates this section shall be guilty of a class E felony FOR EACH
INSTANCE OF SALE.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05136-06-2
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