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Senate Bill S8757

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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2025-S8757 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9485
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4160-a & 4161, rpld §4160 sub 6, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9149, A9896

2025-S8757 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or pregnancy loss; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.

2025-S8757 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8757 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8757
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting charg-
   es for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or pregnancy loss;
   and to repeal certain 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 9 of section 4160-a of the public health law is
 REPEALED and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
   9. THE DEPARTMENT, OR IN THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK,  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE SHALL NOT CHARGE ANY FEE FOR THE
 ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE UNDER THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  Subdivision  6  of  section  4160  of  the public health law is
 REPEALED.
   § 3. Section 4161 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  A  LOCAL  REGISTRAR  SHALL  NOT CHARGE A FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A
 CERTIFICATE OF PREGNANCY LOSS UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the public health law
 relating to prohibiting charges for the issuance  of  a  certificate  of
 still  birth or pregnancy loss, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
 S. 1807-A and A. 2311-A, takes effect.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01554-04-6

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