S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
January 19, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the reporting of
lyme and tick-borne disease infection after death
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Article 27-H of the public health law is amended by adding
a new section 2799 to read as follows:
§ 2799. REPORTING OF LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE INFECTION AFTER
DEATH. IF A CORONER, PATHOLOGIST, MEDICAL EXAMINER, OR OTHER PERSON
QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT AN EXAMINATION OF A DECEASED PERSON DISCOVERS THAT
AT THE TIME OF DEATH THE INDIVIDUAL WAS AFFLICTED WITH LYME OR OTHER
TICK-BORNE DISEASES, HE OR SHE SHALL REPORT THE CASE PROMPTLY TO THE
DEPARTMENT ACCORDING TO THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13684-01-7