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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2311--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ZACCARO, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, CRUZ, BICHOTTE HERMELYN,
HEVESI, HYNDMAN, SIMPSON, GRAY, NOVAKHOV, McDONOUGH, DeSTEFANO, MIKU-
LIN, YEGER, BURDICK, McDONALD, COLTON, STECK, PHEFFER AMATO, BEEPHAN,
EPSTEIN, REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting charg-
es for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or pregnancy loss
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 4160-a of the public health law,
as added by chapter 552 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
follows:
9. The registrar [may] SHALL NOT charge [a] ANY fee for the issuance
of a certificate under this section [equal to the fee authorized by law
for the certification of a birth or death].
§ 2. Section 4160 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 6 to read as follows:
6. A LOCAL REGISTRAR SHALL NOT CHARGE A FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A
CERTIFICATE OF PREGNANCY LOSS UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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