New York S 4351: Requires the state office for the aging to publish a "Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies"

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S04351 Summary:

BILL NOS04351A

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SAME ASSAME AS A03939-A

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSRROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §226, Eld L

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Requires the state office for the aging to publish a "Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies"; establishes a temporary special advisory committee to create and publish such guide.

Go to top S04351 Actions:

BILL NOS04351A

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02/04/2025REFERRED TO AGING

03/04/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/12/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

05/12/2025PRINT NUMBER 4351A

06/12/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/12/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1972

06/13/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A3939A

&nbspA03939 AMEND=A Paulin

&nbsp01/30/2025referred to aging

&nbsp04/23/2025amend and recommit to aging

&nbsp04/23/2025print number 3939a

&nbsp05/06/2025reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp05/20/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/21/2025reported 

&nbsp05/21/2025rules report cal.213

&nbsp05/21/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.213

&nbsp05/21/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/21/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/21/2025REFERRED TO AGING

&nbsp06/13/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S4351A

&nbsp06/13/20253RD READING CAL.1972

&nbsp06/13/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/13/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/01/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/05/2025signed chap.582

&nbsp12/05/2025approval memo.10

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4351--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging -- reported
 favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on
 Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to publishing a guide to
 actions when someone close dies

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

 1 Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new section 226 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 226. Guide to actions when someone close dies. 1. The office shall
 4 publish a "Guide to Actions When Someone Close Dies". This guide shall
 5 be made publicly available on the official website of the office and the
 6 office may produce a paper format within one year of the effective date
 7 of this section.
 8 2. The guide shall provide information in at least the following
 9 domains:
 10 (a) Economic security, including but not limited to, pensions, social
 11 security, life insurance, health insurance, death benefits as well as
 12 tax implications of a death.
 13 (b) Legal, including how to access death certificates, wills, trust
 14 documents and other legal information needed to plan for the future.
 15 (c) Mental health assistance, including information on the grieving
 16 process, triggers and symptoms associated with grief, effective coping
 17 strategies, the impact on family dynamics in relation to the loss of
 18 someone close, and other mental health concerns correlated with grief.
 19 (d) Disposition of remains including funeral and service arrangements
 20 and burials. This information shall include average costs by region and
 21 refer to the resources provided by the department of health's bureau of
 22 funeral directing.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04492-04-5

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 1 (e) Other information as determined by the office in consultation with
 2 the special advisory committee established pursuant to this section.
 3 3. The director shall establish a special advisory committee to help
 4 fulfill the requirements of this section. The committee shall be tempo-
 5 rary and dissolve thirty days after the guide is posted and distributed.
 6 The members of the special advisory committee shall receive no compen-
 7 sation for their services but shall be reimbursed for actual and neces-
 8 sary expenses incurred in the performance of th