NY State Senate Bill 2019-S4471

Senate Bill S4471

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing donate life registration when applying for or renewing a hunting, fishing or trapping license

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 20, 2019	committed to rules
Jun 03, 2019	amended on third reading 4471a
May 20, 2019	advanced to third reading
May 15, 2019	2nd report cal.
May 14, 2019	1st report cal.761
Mar 12, 2019	referred to health

Votes

- May 14, 2019 - Health Committee Vote
  S4471
  
  15
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Health Committee Vote: May 14, 2019
      
      aye (15)
      
      Antonacci
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Carlucci
      
      Gallivan
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Little
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Stavisky

Bill Amendments

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A (Active)

co-Sponsors

2019-S4471 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7915
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4310 & 206, Pub Health L; amd §11-0713, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S6963, A8736

2019-S4471 - Summary

Relates to allowing donate life registration when applying for or renewing a hunting, fishing or trapping license.

2019-S4471 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4471

SPONSOR: ANTONACCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law and the environ-
mental conservation law, in relation to allowing donate life registra-
tion when applying for or renewing a hunting, fishing or trapping
license

 
PURPOSE:

Allows donate life registration when applying for or renewing a hunting,
fishing or trapping license in person or electronically.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 & 2 amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of Section 4310 of
the Public Health Law, to allow registration of organ donor upon apply-
ing or renewing a hunting, fishing, or trapping license.

Section 3 & 4 amends subdivision 1 of Section 206 of the public health
law and section 11-0713 of the environmental conservation law, by

requiring the Commissioner of Department of Environmental Conservation
(DEC) provide a space on the application in person or electronically to
register in the donate life registry.

Section 5 sets effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, the only ways to enroll in the registry are through the
Department of Health, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Board of
Elections. Today, nearly 10,000 New Yorkers are waiting for life-saving
organ transplants, this bill creates another path to increase enrollment
in the NY Donate Life Registry. Only 22% of eligible New Yorkers (age 18
and older) are enrolled on the New York State Donate Life Registry
compared to the national state average of 47%, as New York is ranked
49th in registered organ donors. The overall aim is increasing access
and opportunities to save lives.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.6963 of 2017

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S4471 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4471
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 12, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. ANTONACCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the environmental conservation
   law,  in  relation  to allowing donate life registration when applying
   for or renewing a hunting, fishing or trapping license

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  5 of section 4310 of the
 public health law, as separately amended by chapters 40 and 248  of  the
 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Such  organ,  eye  and  tissue registration of consent to make an
 anatomical gift can be made through: (i) indication made on the applica-
 tion or renewal form of a driver's license, (ii) indication  made  on  a
 non-driver  identification card application or renewal form, (iii) indi-
 cation made on a voter registration form pursuant to subdivision five of
 section 5-210 of the election law, (iv) indication made on the  applica-
 tion  for  health care coverage offered through the state health benefit
 exchange, (v) enrollment through the donate life registry website,  (vi)
 paper enrollment submitted to the donate life registry, [or] (vii) INDI-
 CATION  MADE ON THE APPLICATION OR RENEWAL FORM OF A HUNTING, FISHING OR
 TRAPPING LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO TITLE SEVEN OF ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE
 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, OR (VIII) through any other method iden-
 tified by the commissioner.  The department shall establish a  means  by
 which  to  register  the consent given by individuals who are sixteen or
 seventeen years of age in the  donate  life  registry,  and  shall  make
 registration  available  by any of the methods provided in subparagraphs
 (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) [and], (vi) AND (VII) of this paragraph.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public health law is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
   (W)  REQUIRE, IN CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 THE DEPARTMENT OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  THAT  EVERY  INDIVIDUAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10726-01-9

 S. 4471                             2
 
 APPLYING  FOR  OR  RENEWING  A LICENSE FOR HUNTING, FISHING, OR TRAPPING
 ISSUED PURSUANT TO TITLE SEVEN OF ARTICLE ELEVEN  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL
 CONSERVATION  LAW, BE PROVIDED SPACE SO THAT SUCH APPLICANT MAY REGISTER
 IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN, EYE AND TISSUE DONATIONS PURSUANT
 TO  SECTION  FORTY-THREE  HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER WITH THE FOLLOWING
 STATED IN CLEAR CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: WOULD YOU LIKE TO  BE  ADDED
 TO  THE  DONATE  LIFE  REGISTRY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUES-
 TION'."
   EXCEPT WHERE THE APPLICATION IS  MADE  IN  PERSON  OR  ELECTRONICALLY,
 FAILURE  TO  CHECK A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR THE VALIDITY OF AN APPLICATION
 OR RENEWAL, AND FAILURE TO CHECK "YES" OR CHECKING "SKIP THIS  QUESTION"
 SHALL  NOT BE CONSTRUED TO IMPLY A WISH NOT TO DONATE. IN THE CASE OF AN
 APPLICANT UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE, CHECKING "YES" SHALL  NOT  CONSTI-
 TUTE  CONSENT  TO  MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OR REGISTRATION IN THE DONATE
 LIFE REGISTRY. WHERE AN APPLICANT HAS PREVIOUSLY CONSENTED  TO  MAKE  AN
 ANATOMICAL  GIFT  OR IS REGISTERED IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY, CHECKING
 "SKIP THIS QUESTION" OR FAILING TO CHECK A BOX  SHALL  NOT  IMPAIR  THAT
 CONSENT OR REGISTRATION.
   §  3. Section 11-0713 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE, ON  EACH  FORM  FOR  PURCHASE  OR
 RENEWAL  OF A LICENSE PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, SPACE FOR THE APPLICANT TO
 REGISTER IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN, EYE AND TISSUE DONATIONS
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION FORTY-THREE HUNDRED TEN  OF  THE  PUBLIC
 HEALTH  LAW  WITH  THE  FOLLOWING STATED ON THE APPLICATION IN CLEAR AND
 CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: WOULD YOU LIKE TO  BE  ADDED
 TO  THE  DONATE  LIFE  REGISTRY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUES-
 TION'."
   FAILURE TO CHECK A BOX SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO IMPLY A WISH  NOT  TO
 DONATE. IN THE CASE OF AN APPLICANT UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE, CHECKING
 "YES"  SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE CONSENT TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OR REGIS-
 TRATION IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY. WHERE AN APPLICANT  HAS  PREVIOUSLY
 CONSENTED TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OR IS REGISTERED IN THE DONATE LIFE
 REGISTRY,  CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" OR FAILING TO CHECK A BOX SHALL
 NOT IMPAIR THAT CONSENT OR REGISTRATION.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2019-S4471A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7915
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4310 & 206, Pub Health L; amd §11-0713, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S6963, A8736

2019-S4471A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing donate life registration when applying for or renewing a hunting, fishing or trapping license.

2019-S4471A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4471A

SPONSOR: ANTONACCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law and the environ-
mental conservation law, in relation to allowing donate life registra-
tion when applying for or renewing a hunting, fishing or trapping
license

 
PURPOSE:

Allows donate life registration when applying for or renewing a hunting,
fishing or trapping license in person or electronically.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of Section 4310 of the
Public Health Law, to allow registration of organ donor upon applying or
renewing a hunting, fishing, or trapping license.

Section 2 amends section 11-0713 of the environmental conservation law,
by requiring the Commissioner of Department of Environmental Conserva-

tion (DEC) provide a space on the application in person or electron-
ically to register in the donate life registry.

Section 3 sets effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, the only ways to enroll in the registry are through the
Department of Health, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Board of
Elections. Today, nearly 10,000 New Yorkers are waiting for life-saving
organ transplants, this bill creates another path to increase enrollment
in the NY Donate Life Registry. Only 22% of eligible New Yorkers (age 18
and older) are enrolled on the New York State Donate Life Registry
compared to the national state average of 47%, as New York is ranked
49th in registered organ donors. The overall aim is increasing access
and opportunities to save lives.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.6963 of 2017

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after it shall become a law.

2019-S4471A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4471--A
     Cal. No. 761
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 12, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. ANTONACCI, AKSHAR, FUNKE, RANZENHOFER -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Health -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  first
   and  second  report,  ordered  to a third reading, amended and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the environmental conservation
   law, in relation to allowing donate life  registration  when  applying
   for or renewing a hunting, fishing or trapping license
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision  5  of  section  4310  of  the
 public  health  law, as separately amended by chapters 40 and 248 of the
 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Such organ, eye and tissue registration  of  consent  to  make  an
 anatomical gift can be made through: (i) indication made on the applica-
 tion  or  renewal  form of a driver's license, (ii) indication made on a
 non-driver identification card application or renewal form, (iii)  indi-
 cation made on a voter registration form pursuant to subdivision five of
 section  5-210 of the election law, (iv) indication made on the applica-
 tion for health care coverage offered through the state  health  benefit
 exchange,  (v) enrollment through the donate life registry website, (vi)
 paper enrollment submitted to the donate life registry, [or] (vii) INDI-
 CATION MADE ON THE APPLICATION OR RENEWAL FORM OF A HUNTING, FISHING  OR
 TRAPPING LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO TITLE SEVEN OF ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE
 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, OR (VIII) through any other method iden-
 tified  by  the commissioner.  The department shall establish a means by
 which to register the consent given by individuals who  are  sixteen  or
 seventeen  years  of  age  in  the  donate life registry, and shall make
 registration available by any of the methods provided  in  subparagraphs
 (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) [and], (vi) AND (VII) of this paragraph.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD10726-03-9

 S. 4471--A                          2
 
   §  2. Section 11-0713 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED ON ANY FORM
 FOR APPLICATION OR RENEWAL OF A LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE SO
 THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL REGISTER OR DECLINE REGISTRATION IN THE  DONATE
 LIFE  REGISTRY  FOR  ORGAN, EYE AND TISSUE DONATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION
 FORTY-THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THAT THE  FOLLOWING
 IS STATED ON THE FORM IN CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU  MUST  FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ADDED
 TO THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES'  OR  'SKIP  THIS  QUES-
 TION'."
   THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH SHALL NOT MAINTAIN RECORDS OF ANY PERSON
 WHO CHECKS "SKIP THIS QUESTION". EXCEPT WHERE THE APPLICATION IS MADE IN
 PERSON OR ELECTRONICALLY, FAILURE TO CHECK A BOX SHALL  NOT  IMPAIR  THE
 VALIDITY OF AN APPLICATION, AND FAILURE TO CHECK "YES" OR CHECKING "SKIP
 THIS  QUESTION" SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO IMPLY A WISH NOT TO DONATE. IN
 THE CASE OF AN APPLICANT UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS  OF  AGE,  CHECKING  "YES"
 SHALL  NOT CONSTITUTE CONSENT TO MAKE AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OR REGISTRATION
 IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE  PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF  PARAGRAPH  (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FORTY-
 THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.    WHERE  AN  APPLICANT  HAS
 PREVIOUSLY  CONSENTED  TO  MAKE  AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OR REGISTERED IN THE
 DONATE LIFE REGISTRY, CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" OR FAILING TO  CHECK
 A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR THAT CONSENT OR REGISTRATION.
   §  3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.

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Sponsored By

Robert Antonacci

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

Fred Akshar

Rich Funke

Michael H. Ranzenhofer

2019-S4471 - Details

2019-S4471 - Summary

2019-S4471 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4471 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Fred Akshar

Rich Funke

Michael H. Ranzenhofer

2019-S4471A (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S4471A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S4471A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4471A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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