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Jun 23, 2014 | referred to health |
Jun 20, 2014 | delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1700 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 17, 2014 | print number 7747b |
Jun 17, 2014 | amend and recommit to health |
Jun 16, 2014 | print number 7747a |
Jun 16, 2014 | amend and recommit to health |
Jun 04, 2014 | referred to health |
senate Bill S7747B
Sponsored By
Betty Little
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
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Co-Sponsors
David Carlucci
(D) 0 Senate District
Patrick M. Gallivan
(R, C) 60th Senate District
William J. Larkin, Jr.
(R, C) 0 Senate District
George D. Maziarz
(R) 0 Senate District
S7747 - Details
S7747 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7747 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to food service in funeral establishments PURPOSE: To give families of deceased individuals the option of consuming food and beverages in a funeral home. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Adds new Public Health Law § 3444 to provide that a funeral establishment may provide space, facilities, equipment or supplies for the preparation, sale, service, distribution, or consumption of food or beverages in the funeral establishments to or by persons in the funeral establishment for the purpose of arranging for, attending, or participating in the care and preparation of a body of a deceased person for disposition, mourning, a funeral or memorial ceremony or service, or an open house or similar community function. Activities under this section may include the services of a caterer not owned by or affiliated with the funeral establishment. Employees of the funeral establishment may prepare beverages and may serve food or beverages under this section. This would not be allowed in the embalming or preparation rooms, nor include alcoholic beverages unless required by the decedent's or families religion. JUSTIFICATION: For several decades, NYS regulation has had a wide-ranging prohibition on allowing any type of food or beverage in a
S7747 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7747 I N S E N A T E June 4, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- 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 food service in funeral establishments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3444 to read as follows: S 3444. FOOD SERVICE IN FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS. (A) A FUNERAL ESTAB- LISHMENT MAY PROVIDE SPACE, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT OR SUPPLIES FOR THE PREPARATION, SALE, SERVICE, DISTRIBUTION OR CONSUMPTION OF FOOD OR BEVERAGES IN THE FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT TO OR BY PERSONS IN THE FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARRANGING FOR, ATTENDING OR PARTICIPAT- ING IN THE CARE AND PREPARATION OF A BODY OF A DECEASED PERSON FOR DISPOSITION, MOURNING, A FUNERAL OR MEMORIAL CEREMONY OR SERVICE, OR AN OPEN HOUSE OR SIMILAR COMMUNITY FUNCTION. (B) ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS SECTION MAY INCLUDE THE SERVICES OF A CATER- ER NOT OWNED BY OR AFFILIATED WITH THE FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT. EMPLOYEES OF THE FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT MAY PREPARE BEVERAGES AND MAY SERVE FOOD OR BEVERAGES UNDER THIS SECTION. (C) NO ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL TAKE PLACE IN THE EMBALMING OR PREPARATION ROOM OF THE FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT, UNLESS REQUIRED BY THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF THE DECEASED PERSON OR THE DECEASED PERSON'S FAMILY AND SUBJECT TO OTHERWISE APPLICABLE LAW AND REGULATIONS. NO ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE CONSUMPTION OF ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, UNLESS REQUIRED BY THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF THE DECEASED PERSON OR THE DECEASED PERSON'S FAMILY, AND SUBJECT TO OTHER- WISE APPLICABLE LAW AND REGULATIONS. A FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT BECAUSE OF ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS SECTION. S 2. This act shall take effect one hundred eighty days after it shall become a law, provided that the commissioner of health is authorized and directed to make regulations and take other actions necessary to imple- ment this act on that date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Co-Sponsors
David Carlucci
(D) 0 Senate District
Patrick M. Gallivan
(R, C) 60th Senate District
William J. Larkin, Jr.
(R, C) 0 Senate District
George D. Maziarz
(R) 0 Senate District
S7747A - Details
S7747A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7747A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to food service in funeral establishments PURPOSE: To give families of deceased individuals the option of consuming food and beverages in a funeral home. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Adds new Public Health Law § 3444 to provide that a funeral establishment may provide space, facilities, equipment or supplies for the sale, service, distribution, or consumption of food or beverages in the funeral establishments to or by persons in the funeral establishment for the purpose of arranging for, attending, or participating in the care and preparation of a body of a deceased person for disposition, mourning, a funeral or memorial ceremony or service, or an open house or similar community function. Activities under this section may include the services of a caterer not owned by or affiliated with the funeral establishment. Employees of the funeral establishment may prepare beverages and may serve food or beverages under this section. This would not include alcoholic beverages unless required by the decedent's or families religion. JUSTIFICATION: For several decades, NYS regulation has had a
S7747A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7747--A I N S E N A T E June 4, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LITTLE, CARLUCCI, GALLIVAN, LARKIN, MAZIARZ, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to food service in funeral establishments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3444 to read as follows: S 3444. FOOD SERVICE IN FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS. (A) A FUNERAL ESTAB- LISHMENT MAY PROVIDE SPACE, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT OR SUPPLIES FOR THE SALE, SERVICE, DISTRIBUTION OR CONSUMPTION OF FOOD OR BEVERAGES IN THE FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT TO OR BY PERSONS IN THE FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARRANGING FOR, ATTENDING OR PARTICIPATING IN THE CARE AND PREPARATION OF A BODY OF A DECEASED PERSON FOR DISPOSITION, MOURNING, A FUNERAL OR MEMORIAL CEREMONY OR SERVICE, OR AN OPEN HOUSE OR SIMILAR COMMUNITY FUNCTION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE A FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT FROM MAKING AVAILABLE FOOD OR BEVERAGES AT AN EVENT OR FUNCTION THAT IS NOT RELATED TO THE BUSINESS AND PRACTICE OF FUNERAL DIRECTING OR AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION. (B) ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS SECTION MAY INCLUDE LIMITED SERVICES OF A CATERER NOT OWNED BY OR AFFILIATED WITH THE FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: DANISH, COOKIES, SANDWICHES, ASSORTED PLATTERS AND HOT TRAYS OF FOODS. UNDER THIS SECTION, ACTIVITIES OF EMPLOYEES OF THE FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT ARE LIMITED TO PREPARING BEVERAGES AND SERVING FOOD OR BEVERAGES. (C) NO ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE CONSUMPTION OF ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, UNLESS REQUIRED BY THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF THE DECEASED PERSON OR THE DECEASED PERSON'S FAMILY, AND SUBJECT TO OTHERWISE APPLICABLE LAW AND REGULATIONS. A FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT BECAUSE OF ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS SECTION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Co-Sponsors
David Carlucci
(D) 0 Senate District
Patrick M. Gallivan
(R, C) 60th Senate District
William J. Larkin, Jr.
(R, C) 0 Senate District
Kathleen A. Marchione
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
S7747B (ACTIVE) - Details
S7747B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7747B TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to food service in funeral establishments PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To give families of deceased individuals the option of consuming food and beverages in a funeral home. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Adds new Public Health Law § 3444 to provide that a funeral establish- ment may provide space, facilities, equipment or supplies for the prepa- ration, sale, service, distribution, or consumption of food or beverages in the funeral establishments to or by persons in the funeral establish- ment for the purpose of arranging for, attending, or participating in the care and preparation of a body of a deceased person for disposition, mourning, a funeral or memorial ceremony or service, or an open house or similar community function that is related to the business of funeral directing. Activities under this section may include the services of a caterer not owned by or affiliated with the funeral establishment. Employees of the funeral establishment are limited to preparing beverages and serving food or beverages under this section.
S7747B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7747--B I N S E N A T E June 4, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LITTLE, CARLUCCI, GALLIVAN, LARKIN, MAZIARZ, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to food service in funeral establishments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3444 to read as follows: S 3444. FOOD SERVICE IN FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENTS. (A) A FUNERAL ESTAB- LISHMENT MAY PROVIDE SPACE, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT OR SUPPLIES FOR THE PREPARATION, SALE, SERVICE, DISTRIBUTION OR CONSUMPTION OF FOOD OR BEVERAGES, IN THE NATURE OF INCIDENTAL REFRESHMENTS (SUCH AS BAKED GOODS, SANDWICHES, SNACKS, PLATTERS AND HOT TRAYS) OR THOSE REQUIRED BY THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF THE DECEASED PERSON OR THE DECEASED PERSON'S FAMILY, IN THE FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT TO OR BY PERSONS IN THE FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARRANGING FOR, ATTENDING OR PARTICIPAT- ING IN THE CARE AND PREPARATION OF A BODY OF A DECEASED PERSON FOR DISPOSITION, MOURNING, A FUNERAL OR MEMORIAL CEREMONY OR SERVICE, OR AN OPEN HOUSE OR SIMILAR COMMUNITY FUNCTION THAT IS RELATED TO THE BUSINESS OF FUNERAL DIRECTING. (B) ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS SECTION MAY INCLUDE THE SERVICES OF A CATER- ER NOT OWNED BY OR AFFILIATED WITH THE FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT. ACTIV- ITIES OF FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT EMPLOYEES SHALL BE LIMITED TO PREPARING BEVERAGES AND SERVING FOOD OR BEVERAGES UNDER THIS SECTION. NO ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE CONSUMPTION OF ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, UNLESS REQUIRED BY THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF THE DECEASED PERSON OR THE DECEASED PERSON'S FAMILY, AND SUBJECT TO OTHER- WISE APPLICABLE LAW AND REGULATIONS. A FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT BECAUSE OF ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS SECTION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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