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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Jan 09, 2013 |
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Senate Bill S1299
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 11th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation 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
2013-S1299 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1065
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง504, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S4048
2011-2012: S2613, A4901
2015-2016: S3514, A545
2017-2018: A2898
2019-2020: A1442
2021-2022: A3266
2023-2024: A1224
2013-S1299 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1299 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to health care proxy information on driver's licenses PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this legislation is to amend the information that may be listed on a driver's license to allow New Yorkers who have completed a health care proxy form to specify their designated health care agent's name and contact information. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This bill would amend paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law. JUSTIFICATION: Individuals deserve to have their health care wishes honored, yet a large majority of New York residents do not have a health care proxy for times when they cannot express their health care preferences. As a result, their wishes are often unknown, and they might be given medical treatment that they would not want or not be given treatment that matches their choices. New Yorkers who have completed health care proxy forms should be empowered to list their
2013-S1299 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1299 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to health care proxy information on driver's licenses THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehi- cle and traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 568 and 639 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: (a) Every license or renewal thereof shall contain a distinguishing mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law, by the licen- see shall be recorded and shall contain such other information and shall be issued in such form as the commissioner shall determine; provided, however, every license or renewal thereof issued to a person under the age of twenty-one years shall have prominently imprinted upon it the statement "UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE" in notably distinctive print or format; provided further, however, every license or renewal thereof issued to a person making an anatomical gift shall have prominently printed upon the front of such license or renewal thereof the statement "ORGAN DONOR" in notably distinctive print or format; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT EVERY LICENSE SHALL HAVE IMPRINTED ON THE BACK, "IF YOU HAVE COMPLETED A HEALTH CARE PROXY FORM, YOU MAY LIST YOUR HEALTH CARE AGENT HERE:" FOLLOWED BY SPACE FOR THE HEALTH CARE AGENT'S NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION. The commissioner shall not require fees for the issuance of such licenses or renewals thereof to persons under twenty- one years of age or to persons making an anatomical gift which are different from the fees required for the issuance of licenses or renewals thereof to persons twenty-one years of age or over or to persons not making an anatomical gift. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
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