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A2501Assembly2017-2018 Session

Counties Share Autopsy Costs

Official title

“Relates to reimbursement for coroner and medical examiner fees from the county where the decedent resided”

Sponsor Phil SteckAD-110Affects Local Government
Status
In Assembly Committee
Local Governments
Impact
3/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Local Governments

What's happening

This bill allows counties to seek reimbursement from a decedent's county of residence for coroner or medical examiner fees.

Why it matters

  1. Shifts financial responsibility. Counties where a person dies but did not reside can now recover the costs of coroner or medical examiner services from the county where the decedent lived, potentially easing the financial burden on counties that have high volumes of non-resident deaths (e.g., tourism, hospitals, highways).

  2. Encourages accurate cost allocation. This change ensures that the costs of post-mortem services are more closely tied to the decedent's home county, which may lead to fairer distribution of local tax burdens and more accurate budgeting for these services.

  3. May impact inter-county relationships. Counties will need to establish or refine processes for billing, reimbursement, and dispute resolution, which could affect administrative workloads and inter-county cooperation or tensions.

  4. Could affect service delivery. By clarifying who pays, this may incentivize counties to maintain adequate coroner/medical examiner capacity and responsiveness, especially in regions that previously absorbed costs for non-residents.

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Counties Share Autopsy Costs

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Phil Steck

Assembly Member · Assembly District 110

Chair, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

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History

  1. Referred to local governments
  2. Referred to local governments

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

2501

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 20, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to reimbursement for coroner and medical examiner fees from the county where the decedent resided

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. The county law is amended by adding a new section 679 to read as follows:

§ 679. Reimbursement. The county with jurisdiction over a decedent may seek reimbursement for services rendered and fees generated by the coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner from the county in which the decedent resided.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD07673-01-7

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