New York Senate Bill 7015 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Pending: Senate Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Authorizes local or regional accidental fatality review teams where deaths are suspected to be caused by suicide or overdose; authorizes an accidental fatality review team to be established at a local or regional level, with the approval of the department of health, for the purpose of investigating the unexpected or unexplained death of any person including but not limited to deaths suspected to be caused by overdose or suicide; requires the department of health to work with county health departments where trends and data are discovered.

Authorizes local or regional accidental fatality review teams where deaths are suspected to be caused by suicide or overdose; authorizes an accidental fatality review team to be established at a local or regional level, with the approval of the department of health, for the purpose of investigating the unexpected or unexplained death of any person including but not limited to deaths suspected to be caused by overdose or suicide; requires the department of health to work with county health departments where trends and data are discovered.

Sen. David Carlucci [D]

Sen. Fred Akshar [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-08	Senate	REFERRED TO HEALTH

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7015
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S07015&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S07015