Assembly Actions -
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Jun 15, 2016 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1833 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 08, 2016 |
print number 7961a |
Jun 08, 2016 |
amend and recommit to health |
May 31, 2016 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7961A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2015-S7961 - Details
2015-S7961 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7961 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the reporting of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy PURPOSE : To require, when an autopsy is conducted a deceased person who has epilepsy or a history of seizures, a determination on the death certificate of whether the deceased suffered a sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Section 4210 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 which reads: When an autopsy of the body is conducted of a deceased human who has epilepsy or a history of seizures it may include an investigation and determinations as to whether the deceased suffered a sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. In the event the deceased did suffer a sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy, such information shall be noted on the medical certificate and be reported to the North American SUDEP Registry. Section 2 contains the effective date.
2015-S7961 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7961 I N S E N A T E May 31, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- 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 the reporting of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 4210 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. WHEN AN AUTOPSY OF THE BODY IS CONDUCTED OF A DECEASED HUMAN WHO HAS EPILEPSY OR A HISTORY OF SEIZURES IT SHALL INCLUDE AN INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO WHETHER THE DECEASED SUFFERED A SUDDEN UNEX- PECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY. IN THE EVENT THE DECEASED DID SUFFER A SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY, SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE NOTED ON THE MEDICAL CERTIFICATE AND BE REPORTED TO THE NORTH AMERICAN SUDEP REGIS- TRY. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15705-01-6
2015-S7961A (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S7961A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to the reporting of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy; requires that when an autopsy shows a person died as a result of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy, such cause shall be noted on the death certificate and filed with the North American SUDEP registry.
2015-S7961A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7961A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the reporting of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy PURPOSE : To require, when an autopsy is conducted a deceased person who has epilepsy or a history of seizures, a determination on the death certificate of whether the deceased suffered a sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Section 4210 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 which reads: When an autopsy of the body is conducted of a deceased human who has epilepsy or a history of seizures it may include an investigation and determinations as to whether the deceased suffered a sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. In the event the deceased did suffer a sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy, such information shall be noted on the death certificate and be reported to the North American SUDEP Registry. Section 2 contains the effective date.
2015-S7961A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7961--A I N S E N A T E May 31, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- 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 the reporting of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 4210 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. WHEN AN AUTOPSY OF THE BODY IS CONDUCTED OF A DECEASED HUMAN WHO HAS EPILEPSY OR A HISTORY OF SEIZURES IT SHALL INCLUDE AN INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO WHETHER THE DECEASED SUFFERED A SUDDEN UNEX- PECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY. IN THE EVENT THE DECEASED DID SUFFER A SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY, SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE NOTED ON THE DEATH CERTIFICATE AND BE REPORTED TO THE NORTH AMERICAN SUDEP REGISTRY. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15705-02-6
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