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S 7587: Includes whether an individual was in custody on the death certificate for such individual; requires such information to be included in the publicly available statistics published on the website of the department of health.
What S 7587 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill aims to amend the public health law to include certain information on death certificates. The required information includes the decedent's social security number and whether they were in the custody of a law enforcement officer or correctional facility at the time of death. This information will be included in the certificate of death and may also be published publicly available statistics on the department's website. The changes will take effect on the 90th day after the law becomes effective.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO HEALTH (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7587
- What is the current status of S 7587?
- As of January 9, 2026, S 7587 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO HEALTH".
- Did S 7587 pass?
- Not yet. S 7587 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7587, and where is it now?
- S 7587 was authored by Sen. Cordell Cleare. Its committee of record is Senate Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO HEALTH |
| Apr. 23, 2025 | REFERRED TO HEALTH |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 23, 2025 · 332 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7587 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including whether an individual was in custody on the death certificate for such indi- vidual The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4141 of the public health law, as 2 amended by chapter 398 of the laws of 1997, is amended and a new subdi- 3 vision 5 is added to read as follows: 4 1. The certificate of death shall contain such information, including 5 but not limited to the decedent's social security number and whether 6 such decedent was in the custody of a law enforcement officer or correc- 7 tional facility at the time of death, and shall be in such form as the 8 commissioner may prescribe. As used in this section, the term "law 9 enforcement officer" means any public servant who is authorized to 10 conduct an investigation, prosecute or make an arrest for a criminal 11 offense. 12 5. Where a death occurs in the custody of a law enforcement officer or 13 correctional facility, such information shall be included in the public- 14 ly available statistics published on the website of the department. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 16 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 17 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation 18 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 19 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11744-01-5
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