New York S 8801: Relates to decreasing the tax rate on gaming revenues from slot machines on certain facilities

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S08801 Summary:

BILL NOS08801 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09513

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SPONSORBASKIN

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §677, County L (as proposed in S.7818 & A.7411)

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

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BILL NOS08801 

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01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

01/20/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.84

01/28/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9513

&nbspA09513 AMEND= Cashman

&nbsp01/09/2026referred to local governments

&nbsp01/28/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/28/2026reported 

&nbsp01/28/2026rules report cal.70

&nbsp01/28/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.70

&nbsp01/28/2026passed assembly

&nbsp01/28/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp01/28/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/28/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8801

&nbsp01/28/20263RD READING CAL.84

&nbsp01/28/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/13/2026delivered to governor

&nbsp02/13/2026signed chap.34

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8801

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to permitting 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 amended
 2 by a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the county law relating to
 3 permitting the commissioner of health to designate local health offi-
 4 cials to request copies of certain reports and records, as proposed in
 5 legislative bills numbers S. 7818 and A. 7411, is amended to read as
 6 follows:
 7 9. (a) When required for official purposes of the state department of
 8 health, the state commissioner of health or their designee may request
 9 copies of all reports and records related to a death, including, but not
 10 limited to, autopsy reports and toxicology reports. Upon receipt of the
 11 written request of the state commissioner of health or their designee, a
 12 coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner, shall, within three
 13 business days of their completion, provide to such commissioner or their
 14 designee a copy of all reports and records, including, but not limited
 15 to, autopsy reports and toxicology reports related to the death. [For
 16 the purposes of this section, the designee of the commissioner of health
 17 may include a local health official.]
 18 (b) When required for official purposes of a health district as
 19 defined in section two of the public health law, the local health offi-
 20 cer of such district may request copies of all reports and records
 21 related to a death, including, but not limited to, autopsy reports and
 22 toxicology reports when: (i) a death occurs within the local health
 23 district in which the local health official exercises jurisdiction; or
 24 (ii) a death occurs outside the local health district in which the local
 25 health officer exercises jurisdiction, provided that the decedent was a
 26 resident of such local health district when they:
 27 (1) sustained a physical injury or toxicological exposure that was a
 28 direct or contributing cause of death;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10745-02-6

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 1 (2) received significant medical care or treatment for the disease or
 2 condition leading to death; or
 3 (3) were pronounced dead or the body was found.
 4 (c) Upon receipt of the written request of the local health officer, a
 5 coroner, coroner's physician or medical examiner, shall:
 6 (i) when such death has occurred within the local health district in
 7 which the requesting local health officer exercises jurisdiction,
 8 provide to such local health officer a copy of all reports and records,
 9 including, but not limited to, autopsy reports and toxicology reports
 10 related to the death within three days of th