Authorizes insurers to collect social security account numbers solely for the purpose of effectuating, verifying, or amending an individual's donor registration status in the New York state donate life registry; prohibits use of such information other than for such purposes.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10757
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 30, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Insurance
AN ACT to amend the general business law, the insurance law and the
public health law, in relation to collection of social security
account numbers for registration with the New York state donate life
registry
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subdivision 3 of section 399-ddd of the
general business law, as added by chapter 372 of the laws of 2012, is
amended to read as follows:
(i) The social security account number is requested for the purpose
of:
i. the collection of child or spousal support;
ii. determining whether an individual has a criminal record; [or]
iii. blood DONATION; or
IV. organ donation AND PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH SECTION FORTY-THREE
HUNDRED TEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
§ 2. Subdivision 3 of section 399-ddd of the general business law, as
amended by chapter 371 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as
follows:
3. This section does not prevent the collection, use, or release of a
social security account number as required by state or federal law, the
use of a social security account number for internal verification, FOR
PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH SECTION FORTY-THREE HUNDRED TEN OF THE PUBLIC
HEALTH LAW OR SECTION THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN OF THE INSURANCE LAW,
fraud investigation or administrative purposes or for any business func-
tion specifically authorized by 15 U.S.C. 6802.
§ 3. The insurance law is amended by adding a new section 3114 to read
as follows:
§ 3114. DATA FACILITATION FOR ANATOMICAL GIFT REGISTRATION. (A) DEFI-
NITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15371-01-6
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