Assembly Bill A8521

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the remote conduct of witnessing health care proxies

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-A8521 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8062
Law Section:
State Technology Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §307, St Tech L

2023-A8521 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the remote witnessing of health care proxies utilizing audio-video technology or telephone.

2023-A8521 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8521
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the state technology law, in relation to providing for
   the remote conduct of witnessing health care proxies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 307 of the state technology law,
 as amended by chapter 222 of the laws of 2021, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  To  any  document providing for the disposition of an individual's
 person or property upon death or incompetence, or appointing a fiduciary
 of an individual's person or property,  including,  without  limitation,
 wills,  trusts,  decisions  consenting to orders not to resuscitate, AND
 powers of attorney [and health care proxies], with the exception of: (a)
 contractual beneficiary designations; (b) the  registration  of  making,
 amending,  or  revoking  an  anatomical  gift  under section forty-three
 hundred ten of the public  health  law;  and  (c)  documents  and  forms
 authorizing or accepting funeral, cemetery and cremation services.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the public  health  law
 relating  to  providing for the remote conduct of witnessing health care
 proxies, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5100 and  A.  2190,
 takes effect.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01025-02-4

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