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Assembly Bill A9896A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting charges for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or fetal death

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2023-A9896 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9149
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4160-a & 4160, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A2311, S1807

2023-A9896 - Summary

Prohibits charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or fetal death.

2023-A9896 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9896
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the administrative code of the
   city of New York, in relation to prohibiting charges for the  issuance
   of a certificate of still birth or fetal death
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 4160-a of the public  health  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  552  of  the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
 follows:
   9. The registrar may NOT charge [a] ANY fee  for  the  issuance  of  a
 certificate  under  this section [equal to the fee authorized by law for
 the certification of a birth or death].
   § 2. Section 4160 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  A  LOCAL  REGISTRAR  SHALL  NOT CHARGE A FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A
 CERTIFICATE OF FETAL DEATH UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. Subdivision b of section 17-169 of the administrative code of the
 city of New York is amended to read as follows:
   b. A transcript of a record of fetal death, or death, upon such  forms
 as  the  department shall prescribe, shall be issued upon request unless
 it does not appear to be necessary or required for a proper purpose. The
 board may prescribe reasonable fees for  searches  made  of  records  of
 birth[, fetal death,] or death, and the usual fees for copies of records
 to be paid for certifications of birth and for transcripts of records of
 birth[,  fetal  death,]  or death, and in what cases the payment of fees
 may be waived. THE BOARD SHALL NOT PRESCRIBE  OR  CHARGE  ANY  FEES  FOR
 SEARCHES  MADE  OF  RECORDS  OF  FETAL  DEATH  OR FOR THE TRANSCRIPTS OF
 RECORDS OF FETAL DEATH.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15177-01-4

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2023-A9896A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9149
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4160-a & 4160, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A2311, S1807

2023-A9896A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or fetal death.

2023-A9896A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9896--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by   M.  of  A.  ZACCARO,  GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  CRUZ,  DICKENS,
   BICHOTTE HERMELYN, HEVESI -- read once and referred 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 prohibiting charg-
   es for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or fetal death

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 9 of section 4160-a of the public health law,
 as added by chapter 552 of the laws of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   9.  The  registrar [may] SHALL NOT charge [a] ANY fee for the issuance
 of a certificate under this section [equal to the fee authorized by  law
 for the certification of a birth or death].
   §  2. Section 4160 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. A LOCAL REGISTRAR SHALL NOT CHARGE A FEE  FOR  THE  ISSUANCE  OF  A
 CERTIFICATE OF FETAL DEATH UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15177-02-4

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