Assembly Bill A10959

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to procedures for making anatomical gifts; repealer

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  • 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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2017-A10959 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8998
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4300, 4301 & 4305, rpld §4303 sub 5, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A1133, S1342

2017-A10959 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends procedures for making anatomical gifts; specifies persons authorized to make an anatomical gift under certain circumstances; provides procedures for amending and revoking gifts.

2017-A10959 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10959
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 29, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  definitions  and
   conforming  changes  pertaining  to  anatomical  gifts;  and to repeal
   certain provisions of such law relating thereto (Part A); to amend the
   public health law, in relation to changes in anatomical  gift  consent
   (Part  B);  and to amend the public health law, in relation to changes
   in anatomical gift revocation and amendment (Part C)
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative intent. The purpose of this legislation is to
 enact changes to follow  the  Uniform  Anatomical  Gift  Act  (UAGA)  as
 updated  in  2006 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform
 State Laws to enhance the  organ  donation  process.  Most  states  have
 adopted  these  changes.  While New York has made recent improvements to
 our organ donation rules and  participation  rates,  we  are  still  way
 behind most states and, as a result, still face a severe organ shortage.
 It  is  estimated that bringing New York's anatomical gift consent rules
 into agreement with UAGA would produce an additional 100 donors - for  a
 total of 200-300 additional organs available - over five years.
   §  2. This act enacts into law changes to the anatomical gift process.
 Each component is wholly contained within a Part identified as  Parts  A
 through  C.  The  effective date for each particular provision contained
 within such Part is set forth in the last  section  of  such  Part.  Any
 provision  in  any section contained within a Part, including the effec-
 tive date of the Part, which makes a reference to  a  section  "of  this
 act,"  when  used in connection with that particular component, shall be
 deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding section  of  the  Part  in
 which  it  is  found.  Section  three of this act sets forth the general
 effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART A
                    Definitions and conforming changes
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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