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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 12, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A1422
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GOTTFRIED
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Amy Paulin
Charles Lavine
Ellen C. Jaffee
multi-Sponsors
Thomas Abinanti
James F. Brennan
Deborah Glick
N. Nick Perry
2015-A1422 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A1422 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1422 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 12, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, PAULIN, LAVINE, JAFFEE, GUNTHER, WEPRIN, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABINANTI, BRENNAN, GLICK, PERRY, RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing an adult to opt to make a health care agent's authority effective without a determination of incapacity THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The legislature finds that the health care proxy has proven invaluable as a means for an adult to appoint a health care agent to protect his or her wishes and interests in the event the adult loses the capacity to make those decisions personally. Yet in some instances an adult may wish the assistance of a health care agent even while he or she still has decisional capacity. For example, an adult who finds it very difficult to make health care decisions personally because of a chronic illness or disability may wish a trusted family member's assist- ance in making some or all such decisions for him or her, even though the adult does not lack decision-making capacity. The legislature finds that allowing adults to opt to make their health care proxy become effective immediately or upon some other event defined by the adult, as opposed to only upon a determination of incapacity, would enable adults to secure that needed assistance. This "enhanced health care proxy" would also help patients overcome the reluctance of some health care professionals to share health information with a patient's family member or friend, or involve such person in decision- making, unless such person has effective authority under a health care proxy. At the same time, the legislature recognizes that health care provid- ers must always involve an adult patient who has capacity in significant EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02429-01-5
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