New York A 7699: Requires each certificate of death to also be filed with each board of elections within the state

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A07699 Summary:

BILL NOA07699 

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Requires each certificate of death to also be filed with each board of elections within the state.

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BILL NOA07699 

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04/08/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7699

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. STERN, K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring each
 certificate of death to also be filed with each board of elections
 within the state

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 4140 of the public health law, as
 2 amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 3. The commissioner and the department of health of the city of New
 5 York shall deliver to the state board of elections, at least monthly,
 6 records in a format as mutually determined by both agencies, of the
 7 names of all persons of voting age for whom death certificates were
 8 issued. Such records shall be arranged by county of residence and shall
 9 include the name, residence address and birth date of each such person,
 10 and be conveyed therewith to each board of elections within the state in
 11 a manner prescribed by the state board of elections.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 13 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00888-01-5

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