Assembly Bill A7184

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to health care agents and proxies, decisions under the family health care decisions act and nonhospital orders not to resuscitate

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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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Bill Amendments

2023-A7184 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3283
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pub Health L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5973, S5940
2021-2022: A175, S5327

2023-A7184 - Summary

Makes technical, minor and coordinating amendments regarding health care agents and proxies, decisions under the family health care decisions act, and nonhospital orders not to resuscitate.

2023-A7184 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7184
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to making technical,
   minor and coordinating amendments regarding  health  care  agents  and
   proxies,  decisions  under  the  family health care decisions act, and
   nonhospital orders not to resuscitate

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1 of section 2981 of the
 public health law, as added by chapter 752  of  the  laws  of  1990,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b)  For  the  purposes of this section, every adult shall be presumed
 competent to appoint a health care agent unless  such  person  has  been
 adjudged  incompetent  or  otherwise adjudged not competent to appoint a
 health care agent, or unless a [committee or] guardian of the person has
 been appointed for the adult pursuant to article [seventy-eight]  EIGHT-
 Y-ONE  of  the  mental  hygiene law or article seventeen-A of the surro-
 gate's court procedure act.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section  2982  of  the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  230  of  the  laws  of 2004, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Decision-making standard. After consultation with a licensed physi-
 cian,  registered  nurse,  PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANT,   NURSE   PRACTITIONER,
 licensed  psychologist,  licensed  master  social  worker, or a licensed
 clinical social worker, the agent shall make health care decisions:  (a)
 in  accordance  with  the  principal's wishes, including the principal's
 religious and moral beliefs; or (b) if the principal's  wishes  are  not
 reasonably known and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained, in
 accordance  with the principal's best interests; provided, however, that
 if the principal's wishes regarding  the  administration  of  artificial
 nutrition and hydration are not reasonably known and cannot with reason-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05270-01-3
              

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2023-A7184A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3283
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pub Health L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5973, S5940
2021-2022: A175, S5327

2023-A7184A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes technical, minor and coordinating amendments regarding health care agents and proxies, decisions under the family health care decisions act, and nonhospital orders not to resuscitate.

2023-A7184A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7184--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with
   Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to making technical,
   minor and coordinating amendments regarding  health  care  agents  and
   proxies,  decisions  under  the  family health care decisions act, and
   nonhospital orders not to resuscitate
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1 of section 2981 of the
 public health law, as added by chapter 752  of  the  laws  of  1990,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (b)  For  the  purposes of this section, every adult shall be presumed
 competent to appoint a health care agent unless  such  person  has  been
 adjudged  incompetent  or  otherwise adjudged not competent to appoint a
 health care agent, or unless a [committee or] guardian of the person has
 been appointed for the adult pursuant to article [seventy-eight]  EIGHT-
 Y-ONE  of  the  mental  hygiene law or article seventeen-A of the surro-
 gate's court procedure act.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section  2982  of  the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  230  of  the  laws  of 2004, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Decision-making standard. After consultation with a licensed physi-
 cian,  registered  nurse,  PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANT,   NURSE   PRACTITIONER,
 licensed  psychologist,  licensed  master  social  worker, or a licensed
 clinical social worker, the agent shall make health care decisions:  (a)
 in  accordance  with  the  principal's wishes, including the principal's
 religious and moral beliefs; or (b) if the principal's  wishes  are  not
 reasonably known and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained, in
 accordance  with the principal's best interests; provided, however, that
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05270-04-4
              

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