Assembly Actions -
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Jul 21, 2020 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 03, 2020 |
advanced to third reading |
Jan 29, 2020 |
2nd report cal. |
Jan 28, 2020 |
1st report cal.309 |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to health returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 11, 2019 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1279 |
Jun 07, 2019 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6415
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 40th 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
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2019-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6415 SPONSOR: HARCKHAM TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the reporting of lyme and tick-borne disease infection after death PURPOSE: Relates to reporting Lyme and tick-borne disease infections after death SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends the public health law to add a new section 2799 to require that if a coroner, pathologist, medical examiner, or other person qualified to conduct an examination of a deceased person discov- ers that at the time of death the individual was afflicted with Lyme or other tick-borne diseases they shall report the case promptly to the Health Department. Section 2: Establishes the effective date.
2019-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6415 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 7, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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. 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 immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13262-01-9
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