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NY A 5624

in committee

Enacts the mental health assessment and record keeping for the coroner's office act

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 5624 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5624 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

What is NY A 5624 about?

Enacts the mental health assessment and record keeping for the coroner's office act; requires the coroner, coroner and coroner's physician, or the medical examiner, to conduct a mental health assessment when a death occurs in such person's jurisdiction; requires death certificates list an underlying mental illness as the cause of death when a person commits suicide; requires life insurance policies to pay upon a suicide which the coroner, coroner and coroner's physician, or the medical examiner indicated an underlying mental illness as the cause of death.

Who sponsors NY A 5624?

Nikki Lucas is the primary sponsor of NY A 5624.

Description

Enacts the mental health assessment and record keeping for the coroner's office act; requires the coroner, coroner and coroner's physician, or the medical examiner, to conduct a mental health assessment when a death occurs in such person's jurisdiction; requires death certificates list an underlying mental illness as the cause of death when a person commits suicide; requires life insurance policies to pay upon a suicide which the coroner, coroner and coroner's physician, or the medical examiner indicated an underlying mental illness as the cause of death.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Nikki Lucasprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-06

    PRINT NUMBER 5624A

    amendment-passage

  3. 2025-05-06

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2025-02-18

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9027not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5624?summary=&detail=

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