Bill Text: NY S08937 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits runaways and homeless youth under the age of 18 who are receiving approved crisis or support services to consent to medical, dental, health and hospital services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-12-23 - APPROVAL MEMO.73 [S08937 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S08937-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8937

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 29, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  enabling  certain
          persons  to  consent  for certain medical, dental, health and hospital
          services

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

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 2504 of the public health law, as
     2  added by chapter 769 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
     3    1. Any person who is eighteen years of age or older, or is the  parent
     4  of  a child or has married, or is a runaway or homeless youth as defined
     5  in section five hundred thirty-two-a of the executive law,  or  receives
     6  services  at  an  approved  runaway  and  homeless youth crisis services
     7  program or a transitional independent living support program as  defined
     8  in  section  five  hundred  thirty-two-a  of the executive law, may give
     9  effective consent for medical, dental, health and hospital services  for
    10  [himself  or herself] themself, and the consent of no other person shall
    11  be necessary.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    13  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    14  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    15  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    16  on or before such effective date.




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