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NY A05270

NY A05270
Requires county medical examiners or coroners to give the state police forensic laboratory DNA samples of deceased persons or unidentified body parts for the purpose of classification and for the state police to forward the samples to the state division of criminal justice services for the purpose of comparison to attempt to determine identity and for the purpose of filing; also provides for the forwarding of records to the National Crime Information Center upon such center adopting a policy to


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Introduced
02/12/2021
In Committee
01/05/2022
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

2021-2022 General Assembly

Bill Summary

Requires county medical examiners or coroners to give the state police forensic laboratory DNA samples of deceased persons or unidentified body parts for the purpose of classification and for the state police to forward the samples to the state division of criminal justice services for the purpose of comparison to attempt to determine identity and for the purpose of filing; also provides for the forwarding of records to the National Crime Information Center upon such center adopting a policy to accept such records.

AI Summary

This bill requires county medical examiners or coroners to provide DNA samples of deceased persons or unidentified body parts to the New York State Police forensic laboratory for the purpose of classification and comparison to attempt to determine identity. The State Police will then forward these samples to the State Division of Criminal Justice Services for the purpose of comparison and filing. The bill also provides for the forwarding of these records to the National Crime Information Center upon the center adopting a policy to accept such records.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (11)

Last Action

referred to governmental operations (on 01/05/2022)

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