Bill Text: NY A00030 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of health to conduct a study relating to medical aid in dying in the event that New York state allows for medical aid in dying.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to health [A00030 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A00030-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 30 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, JAFFEE, SEAWRIGHT, ZEBROWSKI, BARRON, RAIA, BLAKE, GLICK, ARROYO, BICHOTTE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DICKENS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT in relation to requiring the commissioner of health to conduct a study relating to medical aid in dying The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. (a) The commissioner of health is hereby authorized and 2 directed to study the issues, implications, practices, licensure 3 requirements and other topics related to medical aid in dying. 4 (b) The study shall include, but not be limited to, the following 5 topics related to medical aid in dying: statutes currently in effect 6 across the United States and elsewhere; program implementation; written 7 and oral request processes; rescission of a patient's request; existing 8 clinical criteria used by physicians to determine whether a patient is 9 eligible; the specific type of physicians or medical professionals who 10 are legally authorized to respond to a patient's inquiries or request 11 for the end-of-life medication or assistance; the physicians' responsi- 12 bilities and duties; the consulting physician's responsibilities and 13 duties; the referral process to mental health professionals; the type of 14 medical record documentation requirements; how physicians respond to a 15 patient's inquiry; how physicians assess patients' decision making capa- 16 bilities; the use of an interpreter in circumstances where one is 17 requested, required or appropriate; procedures administered including 18 the types and doses of prescription medications provided if any; infor- 19 mation statistical and other regarding people who have used medical aid 20 in dying; an appraisal of reported abuse, if any, of medical aid in 21 dying; regular reporting requirements; issues involving health or life 22 insurance coverage; an examination of current hospice services across EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00024-01-9A. 30 2 1 New York state; and any other topic or issue required to conduct this 2 study. 3 (c) The commissioner of health shall submit a report including recom- 4 mendations and findings based on this study to the governor, the tempo- 5 rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the chairs 6 of the senate and assembly standing committees on health no later than 7 December 31, 2020. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.