New York A 6599: Establishes the office of chief medical examiner

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A06599 Summary:

BILL NOA06599B

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORDilan

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COSPNSRHyndman, Levenberg, Colton, Davila, Burroughs, Forrest, Weprin, Seawright, Meeks, Reyes, Walker,
 Wieder, Simon, Lavine

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §47-a, Cor L

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Establishes an independent office of chief medical examiner in the department of corrections and community supervision.

Go to top A06599 Actions:

BILL NOA06599B

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03/06/2025referred to correction

03/13/2025amend and recommit to correction

03/13/2025print number 6599a

06/09/2025amend and recommit to correction

06/09/2025print number 6599b

01/07/2026referred to correction

02/25/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA06599 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CORRECTION Chair:Dilan 
DATE:02/25/2026AYE/NAY:9/4 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means DilanAyeDiPietroNay

ColtonAyeDeStefanoNay

BurdickAyeBeephanNay

KellesAyeGallahanNay

MeeksAye

LevenbergAye

BurroughsAye

GallagherAye

PowersAye

Go to topA06599 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA06599 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6599--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DILAN, HYNDMAN, LEVENBERG, COLTON, DAVILA -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Correction -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend-
 ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing the
 office of chief medical examiner

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

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 47-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 47-a. Office of chief medical examiner. 1. There shall be in the
 4 commission an independent office of the chief medical examiner, consist-
 5 ing of the chief medical examiner, a deputy chief medical examiner, and
 6 eight associate medical examiners, all of whom shall be appointed by the
 7 governor and be doctors of medicine with a certification in forensic
 8 pathology and have significant experience in death investigations.
 9 2. The chairperson of the board with respect to the office of chief
 10 medical examiner shall exercise the powers and duties set forth in this
 11 chapter, but shall not interfere with the performance by the chief
 12 medical examiner or their office of the powers and duties prescribed by
 13 the provisions of this section or any other law.
 14 3. The chief medical examiner or their designee shall have such powers
 15 and duties as may be provided by law in respect to bodies of persons
 16 dying in a correctional facility, which shall include but not be limited
 17 to:
 18 (a) conducting independent autopsies, forensic investigations, and
 19 collecting data for all deaths in correctional facilities;
 20 (b) requiring the attendance and take testimony under oath of such
 21 persons as such chief medical examiner may deem necessary and to require

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10501-04-5

 A. 6599--B 2

 1 the production of books, accounts, papers and other evidence relative to
 2 any matter within the jurisdiction of the office;
 3 (c) publishing public annual reports that include individual-level
 4 data detailing incarcerated individual deaths by year, cause of death,
 5 manner of death, age, race/ethnicity, and sex;
 6 (d) publishing public preliminary death reports for all incarcerated
 7 individuals detailing date, time, preliminary cause of death, and manner
 8 within ninety days of the death of such incarcerated individual; and
 9 (e) delivering copies of all reports required pursuant to this section
 10 directly to the appropriate district attorney, attorney general, the
 11 commissioner, and the legislature.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 13 it shall have become a law.

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