New York S 7818: Permits the commissioner of health to designate local health officials to request copies of certain reports and records

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S07818 Summary:

BILL NOS07818 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07411

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SPONSORBASKIN

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, HELMING

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §677, County L

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Permits the commissioner of health to designate local health officials to request copies of certain reports and records relating to a death.

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BILL NOS07818 

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05/09/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1777

06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A7411

&nbspA07411 AMEND= Jones

&nbsp03/25/2025referred to local governments

&nbsp04/30/2025reported 

&nbsp05/01/2025advanced to third reading cal.115

&nbsp05/05/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/05/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/05/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

&nbsp06/10/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S7818

&nbsp06/10/20253RD READING CAL.1777

&nbsp06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/10/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/19/2025signed chap.662

&nbsp12/19/2025approval memo.43

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7818

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BASKIN -- 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 permitting the commis-
 sioner of health to designate local health officials to request copies
 of certain reports and records

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 677 of the county law, as added by
 2 section 1 of part NN of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 9. When required for official purposes of the state department of
 5 health, the state commissioner of health or [his or her] their designee
 6 may request copies of all reports and records related to a death,
 7 including, but not limited to, autopsy reports and toxicology reports.
 8 Upon receipt of the written request of the state commissioner of health
 9 or [his or her] their designee, a coroner, coroner's physician or
 10 medical examiner, shall, within three business days of their completion,
 11 provide to such commissioner or [his or her] their designee a copy of
 12 all reports and records, including, but not limited to, autopsy reports
 13 and toxicology reports related to the death. For the purposes of this
 14 section, the designee of the commissioner of health may include a local
 15 health official.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10745-01-5

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