Relates to guardians and health care agents

Latest action Feb 14, 2025

Includes guardians of the principal as a person who may commence certain special proceedings; provides that if a hospital can with reasonable efforts ascertain the identity of the parents or guardian of an emancipated minor patient and obtain such parent's or guardian's contact information, the hospital shall notify such persons, and document such notification in the patient's medical record, prior to withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment.

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Where it stands

Signed into law.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A916, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Passed as A916, the matching Assembly bill.

Amends the Public Health Law.

Committee

Health · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Health · New York State Senate, Rules · New York State Assembly, Rules · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to L.2024, c.619, which made technical and coordinating amendments to provisions related to health care agents and proxies, decisions under the Family Health Care Decisions Act (FHCDA) and Non-Hospital Orders Not to Resuscitate.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateFeb 11, 2025Result: passedSenate vote on A916, the matching Assembly bill.
(39) (22) (0) (2)
Vote: Committee vote · Rules
Senate RulesJan 13, 2025Result: passed
(15) (6) (0) (0)

The sponsor's argument

Why Gustavo Rivera says this is needed

This legislation is a negotiated change to the underlying chapter.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Feb 14, 2025
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.29
NY Assembly
Feb 12, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Assembly
Feb 11, 2025
3RD Reading CAL.62
3RD READING CAL.62
NY Senate
Feb 11, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Feb 11, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED BY A916
NY Senate

Show full history (8 earlier events)

Jan 22, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
Jan 22, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 22, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO RULES
NY Senate
Jan 14, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly
Jan 14, 2025
Rules Report CAL.17
RULES REPORT CAL.17
NY Assembly
Jan 13, 2025
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.62
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.62
NY Senate
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
NY Assembly
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO RULES
NY Senate

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