Bill Text: NY S05814 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to patient self-determination at end of life; authorizes a physician with a bona fide physician-patient relationship with a patient with a terminal illness or condition to prescribe a lethal dose of the medication to be self-administered; defines terminal illness or condition to be an illness or condition which can reasonably be expected to cause death within six months, whether or not treatment is provided; provides immunity to health care providers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-25 - PRINT NUMBER 5814A [S05814 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05814-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5814--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 4, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on  Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to patient self-det-
          ermination at end of life
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  This  act shall be known and may be cited as the "patient
     2  self-determination act".
     3    § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 28-F  to
     4  read as follows:
     5                                ARTICLE 28-F
     6                                AID IN DYING
     7  Section 2899-d. Definitions.
     8          2899-e. Written request for medication.
     9          2899-f. Written request signed and witnessed.
    10          2899-g. Attending physician responsibilities.
    11          2899-h. Counseling referral.
    12          2899-i. Medical record documentation requirements.
    13          2899-j. Residency requirement.
    14          2899-k. Protection of health care providers and facilities.
    15          2899-l. Relation to other laws and contracts.
    16          2899-m. Safe disposal of unused medications.
    17          2899-n. Death certificate.
    18          2899-o. Reporting.
    19          2899-p. Severability.
    20    § 2899-d. Definitions. As used in this article:
    21    1.  "Adult"  means  an  individual  who  is twenty-one years of age or
    22  older.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07446-24-6