A 9485: Prohibits charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or pregnancy loss; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9485  IN ASSEMBLY January 7, 2026 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health 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; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 4160-a of the public health law is 2 REPEALED and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows: 3 9. The department, or in the city of New York, the New York city 4 department of health and mental hygiene shall not charge any fee for the 5 issuance of a certificate under this section. 6 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 4160 of the public health law is 7 REPEALED. 8 § 3. Section 4161 of the public health law is amended by adding a new 9 subdivision 5 to read as follows: 10 5. A local registrar shall not charge a fee for the issuance of a 11 certificate of pregnancy loss under this article. 12 § 4. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 13 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the public health law 14 relating to prohibiting charges for the issuance of a certificate of 15 still birth or pregnancy loss, as proposed in legislative bills numbers 16 S. 1807-A and A. 2311-A, takes effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01554-04-6