Assembly Bill A6533

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires nursing homes and certain facilities to provide health care proxy forms to patients at or prior to admission to such facilities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A6533 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A2415

2021-A6533 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires nursing homes and certain facilities to provide health care proxy forms to patients at or prior to admission to such facilities; requires the facility to file such health care proxies with the department of health.

2021-A6533 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6533
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. J. A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  nursing
   homes  and  certain  facilities  to provide health care proxy forms to
   patients at or prior to admission to such facilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2803-c of the public health law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph r to read as follows:
   R.  EVERY  PATIENT SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE A HEALTH CARE PROXY.
 EACH PATIENT SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A HEALTH CARE PROXY FORM  AND  SHALL
 BE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILE SUCH FORM WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
   §  2.  Section  2803-c of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. EACH FACILITY SHALL PROVIDE  A  HEALTH  CARE  PROXY  FORM  TO  EACH
 PATIENT  AT  OR  PRIOR TO THE TIME OF ADMISSION TO THE FACILITY.  IF THE
 PATIENT DOES NOT ALREADY HAVE A HEALTH CARE PROXY  REGISTERED  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT,  THE  FACILITY  SHALL  FILE  SUCH HEALTH CARE PROXY WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE PATIENT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10403-01-1

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