NY State Senate Bill 2015-S5945

Senate Bill S5945

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Chapter amends S. 4838 and A. 2626-A, to provide that a funeral director or undertaker employed by or contracting with an institution accepting unclaimed cadavers shall acquire the death certificates therefor

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Jan 06, 2016	referred to health
Jun 12, 2015	referred to rules

2015-S5945 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8257
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§4142-a, 4212 & 4302-a, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.4838 & A.2626-A)

2015-S5945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a funeral director or undertaker employed by or contracting with an institution accepting unclaimed cadavers or anatomical gifts shall acquire the death and burial certificates for such cadavers.

2015-S5945 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5945

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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  licensed  funeral
  directors  and  undertakers  employed  by  or  who have entered into a
  contract with an institution  that  receives  unclaimed  cadavers  for
  educational purposes

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The opening paragraph  of  section  4142-a  of  the  public
health  law,  as  added  by  a  chapter of the laws of 2015 amending the
public health law relating to death,  burial  and  removal  permits,  as
proposed in legislative bills numbers S.4838 and A.2626-A, is amended to
read as follows:
  [An] A LICENSED FUNERAL DIRECTOR EMPLOYED BY OR WHO HAS ENTERED INTO A
CONTRACT  WITH  AN institution authorized by article forty-two or forty-
three of this chapter to receive unclaimed cadavers or anatomical  gifts
for educational purposes that elects to file death certificates, shall:
  S  2. Subdivision 4 of section 4212 of the public health law, as added
by a chapter of the laws of 2015 amending the public health law relating
to death, burial and removal permits, as proposed in  legislative  bills
numbers S.4838 and A.2626-A, is amended to read as follows:
  4.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of law, A LICENSED FUNERAL
DIRECTOR OR UNDERTAKER EMPLOYED BY OR WHO HAS ENTERED  INTO  A  CONTRACT
WITH  an  institution  authorized by section forty-two hundred eleven of
this title may  file  certificates  and  permits  pursuant  to  sections
forty-one  hundred forty-two, forty-one hundred forty-four and forty-one
hundred forty-five of this chapter ON BEHALF OF SUCH AUTHORIZED INSTITU-
TION for any unclaimed cadavers received for educational  purposes.  The
institution  shall ensure the individuals filing permits or transporting
cadavers have the necessary education and training.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11649-01-5

S. 5945                             2

  S 3. Section 4302-a of the public health law, as added by a chapter of
the laws of 2015 amending the public health law relating to death, buri-
al and removal permits, as proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.4838
and A.2626-A, is amended to read as follows:
  S  4302-a.  Using anatomical gifts for education.  Notwithstanding any
other provision of  law,  A  LICENSED  FUNERAL  DIRECTOR  OR  UNDERTAKER
EMPLOYED  BY  OR  WHO  HAS  ENTERED  INTO  A CONTRACT WITH an accredited
medical school or dental school, college or university, bank or  storage
facility  for  education,  research,  advancement  of  medical or dental
science,  therapy  or  transplant  authorized  to   receive   anatomical
donations  may file certificates and permits pursuant to sections forty-
one  hundred  forty-two,  forty-one  hundred  forty-four  and  forty-one
hundred forty-five of this chapter ON BEHALF OF SUCH AUTHORIZED INSTITU-
TION  for  donations  made directly to such institution. The institution
shall ensure the individuals filing  permits  or  transporting  cadavers
have the necessary education and training.
  S  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2015 amending the public  health  law
relating  to  death, burial and removal permits, as proposed in legisla-
tive bills numbers S.4838 and A.2626-A, takes effect.

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