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NY A03175
Bill
Status
1/23/2013
Primary Sponsor
Harvey Weisenberg
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AI Summary
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Amends the Mental Hygiene Law to require the Department of Mental Hygiene to release the name, date of birth, and date of death of patients buried in state mental health hospital cemeteries 50 years after the patient's death.
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Allows released information to be used to mark headstones or otherwise memorialize patients interred at state mental health hospital cemeteries.
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Defines "state mental health hospitals" as any state-funded institution for treating mentally ill or developmentally disabled individuals, including former asylums such as Utica State Hospital, Willard State Hospital, Binghamton State Hospital, and Buffalo State Hospital.
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Takes effect 120 days after becoming law; authorizes the Department to adopt necessary rules and regulations 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 certain patients 50 years after the date of death.
Last Action
held for consideration in mental health
6/3/2014