What's happening
This bill reduces the electronic death registration system fee for funeral directors and undertakers from twenty dollars to five dollars per permit.
Why it matters
Reduces operating costs for funeral directors and undertakers. , which could make it easier for small or independent businesses to operate, especially in areas with tight profit margins or high competition.
May lower funeral-related expenses for consumers. , since funeral directors and undertakers are explicitly prohibited from passing this fee onto families, potentially easing financial burdens during a difficult time.
Reflects a shift in state policy on administrative fees. , signaling that the legislature is responsive to concerns from the funeral industry and possibly setting a precedent for reducing other regulatory costs in the future.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
212
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to decreasing the electronic death registration system fee for funeral directors and undertakers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 4148 of the public health law, as added by chapter 352 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
5. Licensed funeral directors and undertakers shall support the establishment and maintenance of the electronic death registration system through a payment, tendered for each burial and removal permit issued to a licensed funeral director or undertaker, in the amount of [twenty] five dollars, provided that such payment shall be considered a cost of operation and the funeral director or undertaker shall not charge any additional fee related to such payment for funeral or other services.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00345-01-5
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