NY State Senate Bill 2015-S4713

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2015-S4713 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9448
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§2994-bb, 2994-cc & 2994-ee, Pub Health L; amd §§490, 502 & 504, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S187, A1562
2019-2020: S2653, A2194
2021-2022: S2092

2015-S4713 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes do not resuscitate orders on drivers' licenses and identification cards.

2015-S4713 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S4713

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law and the vehicle
and traffic law, in relation to establishing do not resuscitate orders
on drivers' licenses and identification cards

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this legislation is to allow individuals who apply for
a driver's license or identification card to provide another form of
notice to emergency personnel with respect to their wishes not to
resuscitate. Similar to the current law covering non-hospital orders,
once emergency personnel are provided with the directive found on a
license or identification card, they must comply with the individual's
directives.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. The bill amends the public health law to allow for a
non-hospital order not to resuscitate to be issued on an application
or renewal form of a driver's license, or on a non-driver
identification card application or renewal form.

Section 2 amends the public health law to allow for an adult with
decision making capacity to consent to a non-hospital order not to
resuscitate on an application or renewal form of a driver's license or

on a non-driver identification card or renewal form.

Section 3 amends the public health law to direct that emergency
medical services personnel, home care services agency personnel,
hospice personnel, or hospital emergency services personnel who
identify a non-hospital order not to resuscitate on an individual's
driver's license or non-driver identification card shall comply with
the terms of such order.

Sections 4 and 5 amend the vehicle and traffic law to allow on the
application for a driver's license or in clear and conspicuous
writing, an individual would be required to check either "yes" or
"skip this question: when answering this question "Would you like to
consent to a do not resuscitate order which directs emergency services
personnel, home care services agency personnel, hospice personnel and
hospital emergency services personnel not to attempt cardiopulmonary
resuscitation in the event that you suffer cardiac or respiratory
arrest?" The bill also provides that failure to check a "yes" or "skip
this question" shall not be interpreted to imply a wish to consent to
an order not to resuscitate. In the case of an applicant under
eighteen years of age, checking "yes" shall not constitute consent to
an order not to resuscitate.

Section 6 amends the vehicle and traffic law to provide that every
license or renewal shall contain a distinguishing mark and adequate
space upon which consent to a non-hospital order not to resuscitate
shall be recorded and issued in an form as the commissioner shall
determine.

JUSTIFICATION:


Under New York law, a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Order provides
instruction to medical professionals not to perform emergency
treatment when an individual's heartbeat or breathing stops. This
directive prohibits medical personnel from initiating emergency
procedures to restart an individual's heart or lungs.  Adults 18 or
older can get a hospital or non-hospital order which must be honored
by medical personnel. Currently, a Hospital DNR wish can be made known
in a health care proxy, living will or state approved form. A
Non-Hospital DNR order must be recorded on a state specific form.
However, if an individual goes into cardiac arrest out of state or a
family member does not readily have access to provide proof of the
individual's wishes or if the individual is incapacitated outside of a
medical facility, a DNR designation on a license would clearly convey
their wishes.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

EFFECTIVE DATE:

The act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law; provided that the commissioner of motor vehicles may
implement sections four, five and six of this act before that date.

2015-S4713 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4713

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to amend the public health law and the vehicle and traffic law,
  in relation to establishing do  not  resuscitate  orders  on  drivers'
  licenses and identification cards

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2994-bb of the public health  law,
as  added  by  chapter  8  of  the  laws  of 2010, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. A nonhospital order not to resuscitate may  be  issued  (A)  during
hospitalization to take effect after hospitalization, [or may be issued]
(B)  for a person who is not a patient in, or a resident of, a hospital,
(C) ON AN APPLICATION OR RENEWAL FORM OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR (D) ON A
NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD APPLICATION OR RENEWAL FORM.
  S 2. Section 2994-cc of the public health law is amended by  adding  a
new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6. AN ADULT WITH DECISION-MAKING CAPACITY MAY CONSENT TO A NONHOSPITAL
ORDER NOT TO RESUSCITATE ON AN APPLICATION OR RENEWAL FORM OF A DRIVER'S
LICENSE  OR  ON  A NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD APPLICATION OR RENEWAL
FORM. CONSENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SECTIONS FOUR HUNDRED NINETY AND FIVE
HUNDRED TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
  S 3. The opening paragraph of section 2994-ee  of  the  public  health
law,  as  added  by chapter 8 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
follows:
  Obligation to honor a nonhospital order not to resuscitate.  Emergency
medical services personnel, home care services agency personnel, hospice
personnel, or hospital emergency services  personnel  who  are  provided
with a nonhospital order not to resuscitate, [or] who identify the stan-
dard bracelet on the patient's body, OR WHO IDENTIFY A NONHOSPITAL ORDER
NOT  TO  RESUSCITATE  ON  AN INDIVIDUAL'S DRIVER'S LICENSE OR NON-DRIVER

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08111-01-5

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IDENTIFICATION CARD shall comply with the terms of such order; provided,
however, that:
  S 4. Section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
  2-A.  ORDER  TO  NOT  RESUSCITATE  DESIGNATION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION SO THAT  THE  APPLICANT
MAY  CONSENT TO OR DECLINE A NONHOSPITAL ORDER NOT TO RESUSCITATE PURSU-
ANT TO SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR-CC OF THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH
LAW  AND  THAT  THE  FOLLOWING IS STATED ON THE APPLICATION IN CLEAR AND
CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
  "YOU MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONSENT TO
A DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDER  WHICH  DIRECTS  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  SERVICES
PERSONNEL,  HOME  CARE  SERVICES AGENCY PERSONNEL, HOSPICE PERSONNEL AND
HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL  NOT  TO  ATTEMPT  CARDIOPULMONARY
RESUSCITATION  IN  THE  EVENT  THAT  YOU  SUFFER  CARDIAC OR RESPIRATORY
ARREST? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUESTION'."
  FAILURE TO CHECK A "YES" OR CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" SHALL NOT BE
CONSTRUED TO IMPLY A WISH TO CONSENT TO AN ORDER NOT TO RESUSCITATE.  IN
THE  CASE  OF  AN  APPLICANT UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, CHECKING "YES"
SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE CONSENT TO AN ORDER NOT TO  RESUSCITATE.  WHERE  AN
APPLICANT  HAS  PREVIOUSLY  CONSENTED  TO  AN  ORDER NOT TO RESUSCITATE,
CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" OR FAILING TO CHECK A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR
THAT CONSENT.
  S 5. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A. ORDER TO NOT  RESUSCITATE  DESIGNATION.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL
ENSURE  THAT  SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION SO THAT THE APPLICANT
MAY CONSENT TO OR DECLINE A NONHOSPITAL ORDER NOT TO RESUSCITATE  PURSU-
ANT  TO  SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR-CC OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
LAW AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS STATED ON THE  APPLICATION  IN  CLEAR  AND
CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
  "YOU MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONSENT TO
A  DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE  ORDER  WHICH  DIRECTS  EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
PERSONNEL, HOME CARE SERVICES AGENCY PERSONNEL,  HOSPICE  PERSONNEL  AND
HOSPITAL  EMERGENCY  SERVICES  PERSONNEL  NOT TO ATTEMPT CARDIOPULMONARY
RESUSCITATION IN THE  EVENT  THAT  YOU  SUFFER  CARDIAC  OR  RESPIRATORY
ARREST? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THE QUESTION'."
  FAILURE  TO CHECK A "YES" OR CHECKING "SKIP THE QUESTION" SHALL NOT BE
CONSTRUED TO IMPLY A WISH TO CONSENT TO AN ORDER NOT TO RESUSCITATE.  IN
THE  CASE  OF  AN  APPLICANT UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, CHECKING "YES"
SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE CONSENT TO AN ORDER NOT TO  RESUSCITATE.  WHERE  AN
APPLICANT  HAS  PREVIOUSLY  CONSENTED  TO  AN  ORDER NOT TO RESUSCITATE,
CHECKING "SKIP THIS QUESTION" OR FAILING TO CHECK A BOX SHALL NOT IMPAIR
THAT CONSENT.
  S 6. Subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and  traffic  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (a-2) to read as follows:
  (A-2)  EVERY LICENSE OR RENEWAL THEREOF SHALL CONTAIN A DISTINGUISHING
MARK AND ADEQUATE SPACE UPON WHICH CONSENT TO A NONHOSPITAL ORDER NOT TO
RESUSCITATE PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-NINE  HUNDRED  NINETY-FOUR-CC  OF
THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW,  BY  THE  LICENSEE 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 CONSENTING TO A NONHOSPITAL ORDER NOT
TO RESUSCITATE SHALL HAVE PROMINENTLY PRINTED UPON  THE  FRONT  OF  SUCH
LICENSE OR RENEWAL THEREOF THE STATEMENT "D.N.R." IN NOTABLY DISTINCTIVE
PRINT OR FORMAT.

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  S  7.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided that the commissioner of motor vehicles  may
implement sections four, five, and six of this act before that date.

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Senate Bill S4713

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

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2015-S4713 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S4713 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S4713 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4713 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Kathleen A. Marchione

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

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Betty Little

Michael H. Ranzenhofer

2015-S4713 (ACTIVE) - Details

2015-S4713 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2015-S4713 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4713 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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