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NY A10636
Bill
Status
6/12/2012
Primary Sponsor
Harvey Weisenberg
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AI Summary
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Department of Mental Hygiene must release the name, date of birth, and date of death of patients buried in state mental health hospital cemeteries fifty years after the patient's death, to allow for headstone marking and memorialization
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"State mental health hospitals" includes any state-funded institution caring for the mentally ill or developmentally disabled in New York, including former asylums such as Utica State Hospital, Willard Asylum, Binghamton State Hospital, Buffalo State Hospital, and others
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Act takes effect on the one hundred twentieth day after becoming law, with authority granted to adopt necessary rules and regulations effective immediately upon enactment
Legislative Description
Relates to patients interred at state mental health hospital cemeteries; directs the release of the name, birthdate and date of death of such patients 50 years after the date of death.
Last Action
referred to mental health
6/12/2012