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Senate Bill S8759

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the state office for the aging to publish a "Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies"

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2025-S8759 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9484
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §226, Eld L (as proposed in S.4351-A & A.3939-A)

2025-S8759 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state office for the aging to publish a "Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies".

2025-S8759 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8759 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8759
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation  to  publishing  a  guide  to
   actions when someone close dies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 226 of the elder law, as added by a chapter of  the
 laws  of  2025, amending the elder law relating to publishing a guide to
 actions when someone  close  dies,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
 numbers S. 4351-A and A. 3939-A, is amended to read as follows:
   §  226.  Guide to actions when someone close dies. 1. The office shall
 publish a "Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies". [This] WITHIN  ONE
 YEAR  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS SECTION, THIS guide shall be made
 publicly available on the official website of the office and the  office
 may  ALSO  produce a paper format [within one year of the effective date
 of this section].
   2. The guide shall provide  information  in  at  least  the  following
 domains:
   (a)  Economic security, including but not limited to, pensions, social
 security, life insurance, health insurance, AND death benefits [as  well
 as  tax  implications  of a death]. THIS INFORMATION SHALL ALSO REFER TO
 THE RESOURCES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE REGARD-
 ING ESTATE TAXES.
   (b) Legal, including how to access death  certificates,  wills,  trust
 documents and other legal information needed to plan for the future.
   (c)  Mental  health  assistance, including information on the grieving
 process, triggers and symptoms associated with grief,  effective  coping
 strategies,  the  impact  on  family dynamics in relation to the loss of
 someone close, and other mental health concerns correlated with grief.
   (d) Disposition of remains including funeral and service  arrangements
 and  burials.  This  information  shall [include average costs by region
 and] refer to the resources  provided  by  the  department  of  health's
 bureau of funeral directing.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04492-05-6

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