Bill Title: Relates to witnesses to a health care proxy; changes the witness requirement for the health care proxy from two adult witnesses to one adult witness; makes an exception for persons who reside in mental health facilities by requiring such persons to have two adult witnesses; includes falsely making or altering a health care proxy within the crime of forgery in the second degree.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-01-07 - referred to health [A00721 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

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Introduced	2025-01-08	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

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No bill amendments currently on file for New York A00721

Supplemental Documents

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