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Int 2062-2020

Requiring certain death certificates to be provided to public administrators on an expedited basis.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Healthintroduced 2020-08-27

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2020-08-27Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in fulfilling a request for a death certificate by a public administrator in New York City, to fulfill the request on an expedited basis if the public administrator so requests. This would enable the public administrator to administer the estate of the decedent in a timely manner.

Committee on Health — Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and EMS (health-related issues).

How it compares

34% of similar bills passed

17 passed · 33 died

This bill: 490 days in committee

Similar bills: median 536 days · 96 days when passed

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Sponsors (1)

Deborah L. Rose(prime)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2020-08-27 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2020-08-27 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2020-08-27 · 1:30 PM · - REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 1) -

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 17-169 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 80 for the year 2019, is amended by adding a new subdivision e as follows: e. In fulfilling a request for a transcript of a record of death, or the equivalent, by a public administrator of a county within the city, the department shall fulfill such request on an expedited basis if so requested by the public administrator. � 2. This local law takes effect 30 days after it becomes law. JB LS #15175 7/20/20 1 1