Assembly Bill A5715

2025-2026 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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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A5715 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6533
2023-2024: A2415

2025-A5715 (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.

2025-A5715 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5715
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of 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 s to read as follows:
   S. 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 7 to read as follows:
   7.  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.
                                                            LBD02289-01-5

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