Assembly Bill A6613

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the disposition of fetal remains

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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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2019-A6613 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1156
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4160, 4162, 4200 & 1389-dd, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10013, S7863
2021-2022: S1517
2023-2024: S90

2019-A6613 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the disposition of fetal remains.

2019-A6613 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6613
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO, CUSICK, SANTABARBARA, FITZPATRICK, WALSH,
   TAGUE, DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the disposition of
   fetal remains
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 4160 of the public health law, as amended by  chap-
 ter 436 of the laws of 1967, subdivision 2 as amended and subdivisions 4
 and  5  as added by chapter 809 of the laws of 1987 and subdivision 3 as
 amended by chapter 552 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   § 4160. Fetal deaths; registration. 1. Fetal death is defined as death
 prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a prod-
 uct  of  conception;  the death is indicated by the fact that after such
 separation, the fetus does not breathe or show  any  other  evidence  of
 life  such  as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or
 definite movement of voluntary muscles.
   2. A fetal death shall be registered within  seventy-two  hours  after
 expulsion  of  [such  fetus]  A  FETUS OF ANY GESTATIONAL AGE, by filing
 directly with the commissioner a certificate of such death. In addition,
 a report of fetal death shall  be  reported  to  the  registrar  in  the
 district in which the fetal death occurred.
   3.  IN  THE  CASE OF A SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATH AT ANY GESTATIONAL AGE,
 THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OR A PERSON DESIGNATED  BY  THE  HOSPITAL  SHALL
 ENSURE  THAT  THE MOTHER OF THE FETUS IS INFORMED OF HER RIGHT TO ACCESS
 THE REPORT OF FETAL DEATH AND TO DIRECT  EITHER  BURIAL,  ENTOMBMENT  OR
 CREMATION OF THE FETAL REMAINS.
   4. For the purposes of this article, a fetal death shall be considered
 as a birth and as a death except that, for a fetal death, separate birth
 and  death  certificates  shall  not  be  required  to  be  prepared and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06461-01-9
              

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