§ 2994-mm. Effect on other rights. 1. Nothing in this article shall be
construed to interfere with the rights of an agent operating under a
valid health care directive created under section twenty-nine hundred
eighty-two of this chapter.

2. Nothing in this article shall be construed to create a new private
right of action not otherwise existing in law against a hospital or any
of its directors, trustees, officers, employees or agents, or any
contractors with whom a hospital has a contractual relationship.

3. A hospital, any of its directors, trustees, officers, employees or
agents, or any contractors with whom a hospital has a contractual
relationship shall not be held liable, provided it has complied with
this article and acted reasonably and in good faith, for the services
rendered or not rendered by the caregiver to the patient at the
patient's residence.