New York S 9112: Enacts the "licensed funeral arranger act"

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S09112 Summary:

BILL NOS09112 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10095

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSRCOONEY, LANZA, SUTTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 34-A §§3470 - 3477, Pub Health L

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Enacts the "licensed funeral arranger act" under which a "licensed funeral arranger" license allows a funeral arranger to perform all acts permitted to a funeral director except embalming or any preservation of the body of a deceased person requiring embalming; creates a registration process under which registered transporters facilitate the removal and transportation of the bodies of deceased persons.

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BILL NOS09112 

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02/03/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9112

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 enacting the
 "licensed funeral arranger act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "licensed funeral arranger act".
 3 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 34-A to
 4 read as follows:
 5 ARTICLE 34-A
 6 LICENSED FUNERAL ARRANGER ACT
 7 Section 3470. Definitions.
 8 3471. Funeral arranging; license to practice required; scope of
 9 practice.
 10 3472. Funeral arranging; requirements for license to practice;
 11 licensing examinations.
 12 3473. Funeral arranging; reciprocity.
 13 3474. Funeral arranging; registered transporter.
 14 3475. Funeral arranging; registration requirements for regis-
 15 tered transporter.
 16 3476. Rules and regulations.
 17 3477. Construction.
 18 § 3470. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 19 terms shall have the following meanings:
 20 1. "Disposition" means disposition as defined by section four thousand
 21 two hundred one of this chapter.
 22 2. "Embalming" means embalming as defined by section three thousand
 23 four hundred of this chapter.
 24 3. "Funeral arranger" or "licensed funeral arranger" means a person
 25 duly licensed by the state of New York to engage in funeral arranging,
 26 who may perform all lawful funeral services except embalming.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14581-02-6

 S. 9112 2

 1 4. (a) "Funeral arranging" means engaging in or holding oneself out as
 2 engaged in the business, practice, or profession of arranging, direct-
 3 ing, or supervising funerals, including, but not limited to:
 4 (i) the removal, transportation, sheltering, and preparation of the
 5 body of a deceased person for burial, cremation, or other lawful dispo-
 6 sition;
 7 (ii) coordinating with cemeteries, crematories, houses of worship, or
 8 other disposition facilities;
 9 (iii) supervising, directing, or the management of funeral, burial,
 10 cremation, disposition, or memorial services, including meeting with the
 11 next of kin to plan and carry out funeral services;
 12 (iv) making, offering, or entering into funeral contracts, including
 13 pre-need and at-need funeral agreements, and providing price disclo-
 14 sures;
 15 (v) maintaining or operating a funeral establishment or mortuary in
 16 relation to such non-embalming services;
 17 (vi) preparing and filing necessary permits, authorizations, death
 18 certificates and other documents required to facilitate lawful disposi-
 19 tion; and
 20 (vii) any other acts authorized under existing law or regulation for
 21 funeral directing, excluding acts that involve the use of chemicals for
 22 preservation or disinfection (i.e., embalming) or invasive procedures
 23 requiring embalming credentials.
 24 (b) "Funeral arranging" shall not include embalming or any act requir-
 25 ing the practice of embalming.
 26 5. "Funeral establishment" means funeral establishment as defined by
 27 section three thousand four hundred of this chapter.
 28 6. "Funeral director