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NY S 976

in committee

Relates to authorizing local or regional accidental fatality review teams

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 976 pass?

Not yet. NY S 976 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HEALTH

What is NY S 976 about?

Relates to authorizing local or regional accidental fatality review teams; authorizes an accidental fatality review team to be established at a local or regional level, with the approval of the department of health, for the purpose of investigating the unexpected or unexplained death of any person including but not limited to deaths suspected to be caused by overdose or suicide.

Who sponsors NY S 976?

Robert Rolison is the primary sponsor of NY S 976, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Relates to authorizing local or regional accidental fatality review teams; authorizes an accidental fatality review team to be established at a local or regional level, with the approval of the department of health, for the purpose of investigating the unexpected or unexplained death of any person including but not limited to deaths suspected to be caused by overdose or suicide.

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

  • Robert Rolisonprimary
  • Peter Oberackercosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 6846not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2032not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5378not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S976?summary=&detail=

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