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Assembly Bill A4621B

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the reporting of lyme and tick-borne disease infection after death

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2021-A4621 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S677
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2799, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6415
2023-2024: A2286, S62
2025-2026: S29

2021-A4621 - Summary

Relates to the reporting of lyme and tick-borne disease infection after death.

2021-A4621 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4621
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- 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. 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.
                                                            LBD03901-01-1

2021-A4621A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S677
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2799, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6415
2023-2024: A2286, S62
2025-2026: S29

2021-A4621A - Summary

Relates to the reporting of lyme and tick-borne disease infection after death.

2021-A4621A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4621--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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 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.
                                                            LBD03901-03-1

2021-A4621B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S677
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2799, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6415
2023-2024: A2286, S62
2025-2026: S29

2021-A4621B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the reporting of lyme and tick-borne disease infection after death.

2021-A4621B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4621--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee  --  recommitted  to  the
   Committee  on  Health  in  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 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, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER, 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.
                                                            LBD03901-05-2

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