New York S 3363: Relates to the authority of a hospice medical director to sign a death certificate

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S03363 Summary:

BILL NOS03363 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01958

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §4141, Pub Health L

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Grants authority to a hospice medical director or a physician designated by such director, to sign a death certificate.

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BILL NOS03363 

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01/27/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/08/20251ST REPORT CAL.655

04/09/20252ND REPORT CAL.

04/10/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/13/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3363

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the authority of a
 hospice medical director to sign a death certificate

 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 4 of section 4141 of the
 2 public health law, as amended by chapter 153 of the laws of 2011, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) The medical certificate shall be made, dated, and signed by the
 5 physician or nurse practitioner, if any, last in attendance on the
 6 deceased, or the hospice medical director or a physician designated by
 7 such director.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05347-01-5

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