NY State Senate Bill S677A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 09, 2022	print number 677b
Feb 09, 2022	amend and recommit to health
Jan 05, 2022	referred to health returned to senate died in assembly
Feb 09, 2021	referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 01, 2021	advanced to third reading
Jan 26, 2021	2nd report cal.
Jan 25, 2021	1st report cal.147
Jan 20, 2021	print number 677a
Jan 20, 2021	amend and recommit to health
Jan 06, 2021	referred to health

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S677 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4621
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2799, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S6415
2023-2024: S62, A2286

S677 - Summary

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

S677 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S677

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.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In August 2017, the Senate Task Force on Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases,
in conjunction with the Senate Standing Committee on Health conducted a
public hearing regarding the public health threats posed by Lyme and
tick-borne diseases in New York State. In part, the hearing was prompted
by recent infections and deaths in Upstate counties of Powassan virus, a
deadly tick-borne infection that has continued to be identified through
surveillance by the Health Department.  At the hearing, the Commissioner
of Health and other Department staff indicated that the current statis-
tics on Lyme and tick-borne diseases may undercount the total number of
deaths because these infections exacerbate pre-existing conditions and
may not be listed as the precipitating cause of death. Nevertheless,
these infections seriously compromise patient health and have been noted
by public health authorities to pose fatal risks. As such, it is impor-
tant that in cases where Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses underlie
the primary cause of death, such cases are reported as infections to the
Health Department for appropriate surveillance and statistical account-
ing.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S6415 Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S677 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    677
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee 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

Co-Sponsors

S677A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4621
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2799, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S6415
2023-2024: S62, A2286

S677A - Summary

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

S677A - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S677A

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.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In August 2017, the Senate Task Force on Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases,
in conjunction with the Senate Standing Committee on Health conducted a
public hearing regarding the public health threats posed by Lyme and
tick-borne diseases in New York State. In part, the hearing was prompted
by recent infections and deaths in Upstate counties of Powassan virus, a
deadly tick-borne infection that has continued to be identified through
surveillance by the Health Department. At the hearing, the Commissioner
of Health and other Department staff indicated that the current statis-
tics on Lyme and tick-borne diseases may undercount the total number of
deaths because these infections exacerbate pre-existing conditions and
may not be listed as the precipitating cause of death. Nevertheless,
these infections seriously compromise patient health and have been noted
by public health authorities to pose fatal risks. As such, it is impor-
tant that in cases where Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses underlie
the primary cause of death, such cases are reported as infections to the
Health Department for appropriate surveillance and statistical account-
ing.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S6415 Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

S677A - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  677--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  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.
                                                            LBD03901-02-1

Co-Sponsors

S677B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4621
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2799, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S6415
2023-2024: S62, A2286

S677B (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

S677B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S677B

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, as determined by the commissioner, they shall
report the case promptly to the Health Department.  S

Section 2: Establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In August 2017, the Senate Task Force on Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases,
in conjunction with the Senate Standing Committee on Health conducted a
public hearing regarding the public health threats posed by Lyme and
tick-borne diseases in New York State. In part, the hearing was prompted
by recent infections and deaths in Upstate counties of Powassan virus, a
deadly tick-borne infection that has continued to be identified through
surveillance by the Health Department. At the hearing, the Commissioner
of Health and other Department staff indicated that the current statis-
tics on Lyme and tick-borne diseases may under count the total number of
deaths because these infections exacerbate pre -existing conditions and
may not be listed as the precipitating cause of death. Nevertheless,
these infections seriously compromise patient health and have been noted
by public health authorities to pose fatal risks. As such, it is impor-
tant that in cases where Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses underlie
the primary cause of death, such cases are reported as infections to the
Health Department for appropriate surveillance and statistical account-
ing.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S6415 Passed Senate

2020-21: S677A Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.

S677B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  677--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HARCKHAM,  GAUGHRAN,  HINCHEY  --  read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Health  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted  to  the
   Committee  on  Health  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   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.
                                                            LBD03901-04-2

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Feb 9, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Feb 9, 2021

Jan 25, 2021 - Health committee Vote

Committee Vote: Jan 25, 2021

Bill Amendments

S677 - Details

S677 - Summary

S677 - Sponsor Memo

S677 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

S677A - Details

S677A - Summary

S677A - Sponsor Memo

S677A - Bill Text download pdf

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S677B (ACTIVE) - Details

S677B (ACTIVE) - Summary

S677B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S677B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

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Votes

Feb 9, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Feb 9, 2021

Jan 25, 2021 - Health committee Vote

Committee Vote: Jan 25, 2021

Bill Amendments

S677 - Details

S677 - Summary

S677 - Sponsor Memo

S677 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

James Gaughran

Michelle Hinchey

S677A - Details

S677A - Summary

S677A - Sponsor Memo

S677A - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

James Gaughran

Michelle Hinchey

S677B (ACTIVE) - Details

S677B (ACTIVE) - Summary

S677B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S677B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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