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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 27, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A3450
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
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
2009-A3450 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6739
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§2980 & 2984; add §2994-a, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
A4545
2013-2014: A5484
2015-2016: A6307
2017-2018: A6089
2019-2020: A7385
2021-2022: A7185
2023-2024: A1601
2009-A3450 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3450 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, SCHIMMINGER, J. RIVERA, SCHROEDER, FIELDS, PHEFFER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, CAHILL, CLARK, JOHN, McENENY, SWEENEY, TOWNS, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing with- in the department of health a health care proxy registry THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2980 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows: 16. "HEALTH CARE PROXY REGISTRY" OR "REGISTRY" MEANS THE HEALTH CARE PROXY REGISTRY ESTABLISHED BY SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR-A OF THIS ARTICLE. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2984 of the public health law, as added by chapter 752 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: 1. (A) A health care provider who is provided with a health care proxy shall arrange for the proxy or a copy thereof to be inserted in the principal's medical record if the health care proxy has not been included in such record. (B) WHERE THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION HAVE NOT BEEN MET AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE HAVE BEEN SATISFIED, AN ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SHALL CONTACT THE REGISTRY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL HAS TRANSMITTED A HEALTH CARE PROXY TO THE REGISTRY. IN THE EVENT SUCH INDIVIDUAL HAS TRANSMITTED HIS OR HER HEALTH CARE PROXY TO THE REGISTRY, SUCH HEALTH CARE PROXY OR A COPY THEREOF SHALL BE INSERTED IN THE PRINCIPAL'S MEDICAL RECORD. S 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2994-a to read as follows: S 2994-A. HEALTH CARE PROXY REGISTRY. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "HEALTH CARE PROXY" OR "HEALTH CARE PROXIES" SHALL MEAN EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04018-01-9
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