Bill Text: NY A07872 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires health care practitioners to offer health care proxy information to palliative care patients.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-11-22 - signed chap.471 [A07872 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A07872-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7872--A
                                                                Cal. No. 312

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 7, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with
          Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- advanced to a third reading, passed by
          Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the  Senate,  vote
          reconsidered,  bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on
          the order of third reading

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  providing  health
          care proxy information to palliative care patients

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of  section  2997-c  of  the
     2  public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 256 of the laws of 2012, is
     3  amended and a new paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
     4    (b) information regarding other appropriate treatment  options  should
     5  the  patient wish to initiate or continue treatment. The information and
     6  counseling may be provided orally or in writing. Where the patient lacks
     7  capacity to reasonably understand and make informed choices relating  to
     8  palliative  care,  the  attending health care practitioner shall provide
     9  information and counseling under this section to a person with authority
    10  to make health care decisions for the patient. The attending health care
    11  practitioner may arrange  for  information  and  counseling  under  this
    12  section   to   be   provided   by   another   professionally   qualified
    13  individual[.], and
    14    (c) information and counseling  regarding  benefits  of  completing  a
    15  health  care  proxy  and  appointing  a health care agent. A copy of the
    16  newly completed or existing health care proxy shall be requested by  the
    17  health  care  practitioner  and  made  a  part  of the patient's medical
    18  record.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10636-02-4