New York S 5222: Authorizes a tax abatement for certain real property occupied by disabled veterans

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S05222 Summary:

BILL NOS05222 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01351

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRCLEARE, MYRIE, SCARCELLA-SPANTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §4161, Pub Health L

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Permits midwives and physician assistants to certify the cause of death on a fetal death certificate if they are in attendance at or after a fetal death.

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BILL NOS05222 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/29/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5222

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, CLEARE, MYRIE, SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 certification of
 fetal death certificates by a midwife or physician assistant

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

 1 Section 1. Section 4161 of the public health law, as amended by chap-
 2 ter 436 of the laws of 1967, the section heading and subdivisions 2 and
 3 3 as amended by chapter 153 of the laws of 2011, subdivisions 1 and 4 as
 4 amended by chapter 352 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 § 4161. Fetal death certificates; form and content[; physicians, nurse
 7 practitioners, midwives, and hospital administrators]. 1. The certif-
 8 icate of fetal death and the report of fetal death shall contain such
 9 information and be in such form as the commissioner may prescribe;
 10 provided however that commencing on or after the implementation date
 11 under section forty-one hundred forty-eight of this article, information
 12 and signatures required by this subdivision shall be obtained and made
 13 in accordance with section forty-one hundred forty-eight of this arti-
 14 cle, except that unless requested by the [woman] birthing parent neither
 15 the certificate nor the report of fetal death shall contain the name of
 16 the [woman] birthing parent, [her] the birthing parent's social security
 17 number or any other information which would permit [her] the birthing
 18 parent to be identified except as provided in this subdivision. The
 19 report shall state that a certificate of fetal death was filed with the
 20 commissioner and the date of such filing. The commissioner shall develop
 21 a unique, confidential identifier to be used on the certificate of fetal
 22 death to be used in connection with the exercise of the commissioner's
 23 authority to monitor the quality of care provided by any individual or
 24 entity licensed to perform an abortion in this state and to permit coor-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03295-01-5

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 1 dination of data concerning the medical history of the [woman] the
 2 birthing parent for purposes of conducting surveillance scientific
 3 studies and research pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (j) of
 4 subdivision one of section two hundred six of this chapter.
 5 2. In each case where a physician [or], nurse practitioner, midwife,
 6 or physician assistant was in attendance at or after a fetal death, it
 7 is the duty of such [physician or nurse] practitioner to certify to the
 8 birth and to the cause of death on the fetal death certificate. [Where a
 9 nurse-midwife was in attendance at a fetal death it is the duty of such
 10 nurse-midwife to certify to the birth but, he or she shall not certify
 11 to the cause of death on the fetal death certificate.]
 12 3. Fetal deaths occurring without the attendance of a [physician or
 13 nurse] practitioner as provided in subdivision two of this section shall
 14 be treated as deaths without medical attendance, as provided in this
 15 article.
 16 4. When a fetal death occurs in a hospital, except in those cases
 17 where certificates are issued by coroners or medical examiners, the
 18 person in charge of such hospital or [his or her] such person's desig-
 19 nate