Bill Text: NY A06326 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes agreements for county, city and town social services departments to access death certificates maintained by the department of public health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to health [A06326 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06326-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 4822                                                  A. 6326
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                      March 2, 2017
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        IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN, LARKIN
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee on Health
        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once  and  referred
          to the Committee on Health
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to agreements to
          provide county, city and town social services departments with  access
          to death certificates
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 4174 of the public health law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  170  of  the  laws  of 1994, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    5. (a) The United States social security administration  or  a  county
     5  commissioner  of  social services, city commissioner of social services,
     6  town social services officer or city social services officer as  defined
     7  in  subdivision  fourteen  of section two of the social services law may
     8  obtain information from death certificates needed in the  administration
     9  of  old-age and survivors insurance benefits laws and the administration
    10  of assistance or care as referenced in section one hundred  six  of  the
    11  social  services  law, subject to the provisions of any contract entered
    12  into pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
    13    (b) In addition, the commissioner or  any  person  authorized  by  the
    14  commissioner  is  authorized  and  directed  to  enter into [a contract]
    15  contracts to furnish the federal secretary of health and human services,
    16  a county commissioner of social services, city  commissioner  of  social
    17  services,  town  social services officer or city social services officer
    18  as defined in subdivision fourteen of section two of the social services
    19  law with information concerning individuals with respect to  whom  death
    20  certificates  have  been  officially  filed  with the commissioner. Such
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08097-01-7
        S. 4822                             2                            A. 6326
     1  [contract] contracts shall not include any restriction  on  the  use  of
     2  information obtained by such secretary, commissioners or officers pursu-
     3  ant  to such [contract] contracts, except that such [contract] contracts
     4  may  provide  that  such information is only to be used by the secretary
     5  (or any other federal agency), commissioners or officers (or  any  other
     6  county  agencies  or town offices) for purposes of ensuring that federal
     7  benefits or other payments are not erroneously paid to deceased individ-
     8  uals or to enable such commissioners or officers to perform their duties
     9  pursuant to section one hundred six of the social services law.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.