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NY S02510
Bill
Status
1/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Julia Salazar
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AI Summary
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Establishes the "Terry Cooper autopsy accountability act" to expand documentation requirements for autopsies of incarcerated individuals who die in correctional facilities
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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
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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
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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
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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