Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 01, 2021 |
signed chap.222 |
Jun 24, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 01, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.233 substituted for a7301 |
Jun 01, 2021 |
substituted by s6521 rules report cal.233 reported |
May 19, 2021 |
reported referred to rules |
May 05, 2021 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Assembly Bill A7301
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
OTIS
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6521 - Signed by Governor
- 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
John T. McDonald III
Judy Griffin
2021-A7301 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6521
- Law Section:
- State Technology Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §307, St Tech L; amd §4145, Pub Health L; add §1510-c, N-PC L
2021-A7301 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7301 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 5, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the state technology law, the public health law and the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to authorizing the use of electronic signatures on funeral and cemetery services documents THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 307 of the state technology law, as amended by chapter 158 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 1. To any document providing for the disposition of an individual's person or property upon death or incompetence, or appointing a fiduciary of an individual's person or property, including, without limitation, wills, trusts, decisions consenting to orders not to resuscitate, powers of attorney and health care proxies, with the exception of: (a) contrac- tual beneficiary designations; [and] (b) the registration of making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift under section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law; AND (C) DOCUMENTS AND FORMS AUTHORIZING OR ACCEPTING FUNERAL, CEMETERY AND CREMATION SERVICES. § 2. Section 4145 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 6. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SUCH DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO BE PRODUCED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY BE SIGNED BY WRITTEN INSTRUMENT OR THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE, AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED TWO OF THE STATE TECHNOLOGY LAW, WITH THE INTENT TO EXECUTE THE INSTRUMENT, WRITING OR ELECTRONIC RECORD. § 3. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by adding a new section 1510-c to read as follows: § 1510-C. FORM OF AUTHORIZATIONS. ANY FORM, AUTHORIZATION, PERMIT OR DESIGNATION REQUIRED BY THIS ARTI- CLE MAY BE SIGNED BY WRITTEN INSTRUMENT OR THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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