Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to health returned to senate died in assembly |
May 31, 2023 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 22, 2023 |
advanced to third reading |
May 18, 2023 |
2nd report cal. |
May 17, 2023 |
1st report cal.1043 |
Jan 04, 2023 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S62
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- 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
(D, WF) 41st Senate District
(D, WF) 52nd Senate District
2023-S62 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A2286
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §2799, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2019-2020:
S6415
2021-2022: S677, A4621
2023-S62 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S62 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. Section 2 states the effective date.
2023-S62 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 62 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, HINCHEY -- 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, 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. LBD01396-01-3
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