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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
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Operations · Sponsor Crystal Peoples-Stokes
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BILL NUMBER:S5945
Title of bill
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
Purpose
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.
Summary of provisions
Sections 1 through 3 of the bill amend existing provisions of the public health law to permit licensed funeral directors employed by or under contract with certain educational institutions operating whole body donation/nontransplant anatomic bank programs to file the requisite paperwork associated with the donation, including death certificates and burial and transit permits.
Section 4 establishes the effective date.
Justification
This bill is a chapter amendment to A2626-a/S4383, which authorizes institutions that receive unclaimed cadavers or anatomical gifts for educational purposes to file death certificates, in order to clarify that individuals filing death certificates, burial and transit permits must be licensed funeral directors employed by or under contract with a authorized institution.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2015 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S 4838 and A 2626-A.
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