Assembly Bill A4439

Vetoed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to eliminating the electronic death registration system fee for funeral directors and undertakers; repealer

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Current Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A4439 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3009
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4148, rpld §4148 sub 5, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9231, S8251

2023-A4439 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to eliminating the electronic death registration system fee for funeral directors and undertakers.

2023-A4439 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4439
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. STECK, CONRAD, STIRPE, COLTON, NORRIS, GUNTHER,
   WOERNER, OTIS, LUPARDO, BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred  to  the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to eliminating the
   electronic death registration system fee  for  funeral  directors  and
   undertakers; and to repeal provisions of such law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4148 of the public health law,  as
 added by chapter 352 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The department is hereby authorized and directed to design, imple-
 ment and maintain an electronic death registration system  for  collect-
 ing,  storing, recording, transmitting, amending, correcting and authen-
 ticating information, as necessary and appropriate to complete  a  death
 registration,  and  to  generate  such  documents  as  determined by the
 department in relation to a death occurring in this state.  As  part  of
 the design and implementation of the system established by this section,
 the  department  shall  consult  with all persons authorized to use such
 system to the extent practicable and feasible. [The  payment  referenced
 in  subdivision  five of this section shall be collected for each burial
 or removal permit issued on or after the effective date of this  section
 from  the licensed funeral director or undertaker to whom such permit is
 issued, in the manner specified by the  department  and  shall  be  used
 solely  for  the purpose set forth in subdivision five of this section.]
 Except as specifically provided in this section,  the  existing  general
 duties  of,  and remuneration received by, local registrars in accepting
 and filing certificates of death and issuing burial and removal  permits
 pursuant  to  any  statute  or  regulation  shall be maintained, and not
 altered or abridged in any way by this section.
   § 2. Subdivision 5 of  section  4148  of  the  public  health  law  is
 REPEALED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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