New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
A 5624: Enacts the mental health assessment and record keeping for the coroner's office act
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
A 5624 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the mental health assessment and record keeping for the coroner's office act. Primary sponsor: Nikki Lucas (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
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.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikki Lucas | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 60 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
- PRINT NUMBER 5624A
- AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
- REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS