STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8732 IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing for donate life registration on electronic application forms administered by the office of temporary and disability assistance, the higher education services corporation, and on mandatory electronic tax filings; and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021, amending the public health law relating to allowing donate life registration on electronic application forms administered by the office of temporary disability assistance, the higher education services corporation, and on mandatory electronic tax filings, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5973 and A. 6392, in relation to the effectiveness thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 4310 of the 2 public health law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2021, amending 3 the public health law relating to allowing donate life registration on 4 electronic application forms administered by the office of temporary 5 disability assistance, the higher education services corporation, and on 6 mandatory electronic tax filings, as proposed in legislative bills 7 numbers S. 5973 and A. 6392, is amended to read as follows: 8 (a) Such organ, eye and tissue registration of consent to make an 9 anatomical gift can be made through: (i) indication made on the applica- 10 tion or renewal form of a driver's license, (ii) indication made on a 11 non-driver identification card application or renewal form, (iii) indi- 12 cation made on a voter registration form pursuant to subdivision five of 13 section 5-210 of the election law, (iv) indication made on the applica- 14 tion for, or manual renewal application by an account holder of, health 15 care coverage offered through the state health benefit exchange, (v) 16 enrollment through the donate life registry website, (vi) paper enroll- 17 ment submitted to the donate life registry, (vii) indication made on the 18 application or renewal form of a hunting, fishing or trapping license 19 issued pursuant to title seven of article eleven of the environmental 20 conservation law, (viii) indication made on transactions administered by EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09389-03-2

A. 8732 2 1 the office of temporary and disability assistance through the mybene- 2 fits.ny.gov website, or any such successor website; (ix) indication made 3 on applications, renewals or related transactions for college financial 4 aid, grants, or scholarships offered or administered through any website 5 maintained by the higher education services corporation; or (x) [~~indi-~~ 6 ~~cation made on any tax document that is subject to mandatory electronic~~ 7 ~~filing in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-nine of the~~ 8 ~~tax law; or (xi)~~] through any other method identified by the commission- 9 er. The department shall establish a means by which to register the 10 consent given by individuals who are sixteen or seventeen years of age 11 in the donate life registry, and shall make registration available by 12 any of the methods provided in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), 13 (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix) and (x) of this paragraph. 14 § 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 15 4310 of the public health law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 16 2021, amending the public health law relating to allowing donate life 17 registration on electronic application forms administered by the office 18 of temporary disability assistance, the higher education services corpo- 19 ration, and on mandatory electronic tax filings, as proposed in legisla- 20 tive bills numbers S. 5973 and A. 6392, is amended to read as follows: 21 (i) Where required by law for transactions described in subparagraphs 22 (i), (ii) , (iv), (vii), (viii), (ix), and (x) [~~and (xi)~~] of paragraph 23 (a) of this subdivision, the commissioner shall ensure, in consultation 24 with the head of any agency required to implement such transaction, that 25 space is provided on any required form so that the applicant shall 26 register or decline registration in the donate life registry for organ, 27 eye and tissue donations under this section and that the following is 28 stated on the form in clear and conspicuous type: 29 "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to be added 30 to the Donate Life Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques- 31 tion'." 32 § 3. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2021, amending the public 33 health law relating to allowing donate life registration on electronic 34 application forms administered by the office of temporary disability 35 assistance, the higher education services corporation, and on mandatory 36 electronic tax filings, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5973 37 and A. 6392, is amended to read as follows: 38 § 3. This act shall take effect [~~on the one hundred eightieth day~~] one 39 year after it shall have become a law[~~; provided, however, that if chap-~~ 40 ~~ter 149 of the laws of 2020 shall not have taken effect on or before~~ 41 ~~such date then this act shall take effect on the same date and in the~~ 42 ~~same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2020, takes effect~~]. Effec- 43 tive immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or 44 regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective 45 date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective 46 date. 47 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, 48 sections one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and 49 in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021, amending the public 50 health law relating to allowing donate life registration on electronic 51 application forms administered by the office of temporary disability 52 assistance, the higher education services corporation, and on mandatory 53 electronic tax filings, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5973 54 and A. 6392, takes effect.

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