New York A 4142: Includes information on if a person previously lived in a nursing home on his or her death certificate

Status: REFERRED TO HEALTH (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 4142

Sponsors: Keith Brown, David McDonough, Joe DeStefano

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A04142 Summary:

BILL NOA04142 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBrown K

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COSPNSRMcDonough, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSRAngelino

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Amd §4141, Pub Health L

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Includes information on if a person previously lived in a nursing home on his or her death certificate.

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BILL NOA04142 

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01/31/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4142

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including informa-
 tion on if a person previously lived in a nursing home on his or her
 death certificate

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 4141 of the public health law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
 3 (e) Every certificate shall include, in a separate area, information
 4 on if the decedent previously resided in a nursing home issued an oper-
 5 ating certificate as a nursing home pursuant to article twenty-eight of
 6 this chapter. Such information shall be indicated on the certificate
 7 including, if known to the person completing the death certificate, the
 8 name of the nursing home, location of the nursing home, and the approxi-
 9 mate dates in which the decedent resided in the nursing home.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 11 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06282-01-5

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