New York S 3637: Relates to mandatory continuing education requirements for coroners and coroner's deputies

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S03637 Summary:

BILL NOS03637 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04014

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SPONSORORTT

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §679, County L

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Requires 30 hours of mandatory continuing education every three years for coroners and coroner's deputies.

Go to top S03637 Actions:

BILL NOS03637 

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1615

06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A4014

&nbspA04014 AMEND= McDonald

&nbsp01/30/2025referred to local governments

&nbsp06/05/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/06/2025reported 

&nbsp06/06/2025rules report cal.430

&nbsp06/06/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.430

&nbsp06/06/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/06/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/06/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S3637

&nbsp06/11/20253RD READING CAL.1615

&nbsp06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/11/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/19/2025signed chap.648

&nbsp12/19/2025approval memo.32

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3637

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to mandatory continuing
 education requirements for coroners and coroner's deputies

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

 1 Section 1. Section 679 of the county law, as added by chapter 184 of
 2 the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 679. Training requirements for coroners and coroner's deputies. 1.
 4 Each coroner and coroner's deputy, whether elected or appointed pursuant
 5 to section four hundred of this chapter, shall attend and successfully
 6 complete state-approved courses in medical-legal investigation. The cost
 7 of such courses shall be the responsibility of the coroner or coroner's
 8 deputy, provided however that the county may, at its discretion, reim-
 9 burse the coroner or coroner's deputy for all or a portion of the cost
 10 of such courses. Such courses shall be prescribed, certified and accred-
 11 ited pursuant to rules promulgated by the department of health, in
 12 consultation with the department of state, the division of criminal
 13 justice services, the superintendent of state police, the commissioner
 14 of education, and the chair of the commission on forensic science. The
 15 department of health may also consult with qualified professional
 16 groups. Such rules shall also establish the frequency and duration for
 17 successful completion of any such courses by [a] the coroner or
 18 coroner's deputy and may prescribe heightened levels of training for any
 19 newly elected or appointed coroner or coroner's deputy.
 20 2. (a) Each coroner and coroner's deputy, whether elected or appointed
 21 pursuant to section four hundred of this chapter, shall attend and
 22 successfully complete no less than thirty credits in state-approved
 23 medical legal investigation courses over a three-year period. The cost
 24 of such courses shall be the responsibility of the coroner or coroner's
 25 deputy, provided however that the county may, at its discretion, reim-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06140-02-5

 S. 3637 2

 1 burse the coroner or coroner's deputy for all or a portion of the cost
 2 of such courses. Such courses shall be prescribed, certified and accred-
 3 ited pursuant to rules promulgated by the department of health, in
 4 consultation with the department of state, the division of criminal
 5 justice services, the superintendent of state police, the commissioner
 6 of education, and the chair of the commission on forensic science. The
 7 department of health may also consult with qualified professional groups
 8 including but not limited to the New York state association of county
 9 co