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NY S02510

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Julia Salazar

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Establishes the "Terry Cooper autopsy accountability act" to expand documentation requirements for autopsies of incarcerated individuals who die in correctional facilities

  • Requires autopsy reports to include all photographs of the body, microscopic slides, and post-mortem x-rays taken by or at the direction of the person performing the autopsy

  • Mandates inclusion of any photographs, slides, and x-rays reviewed by the medical examiner during their examination or diagnosis of cause, means, or manner of death

  • Applies to autopsies conducted by coroners, coroner's physicians, or medical examiners for deaths of incarcerated individuals, whether the death occurred inside or outside the facility

  • Takes effect 90 days after becoming law and applies to all autopsies conducted on or after that date

Legislative Description

Establishes the Terry Cooper autopsy accountability act requiring autopsy reports to include all photographs of the body, microscopic slides, and post-mortem x-rays taken by, at the direction of, or reviewed by the person performing the autopsy.

Last Action

REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Crime Victims, Crime and Correction1/7/2026
Rules6/13/2025
Crime Victims, Crime and Correction1/21/2025

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