Assembly Bill A449A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to health care proxy information on driver's licenses

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A449 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2581
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§490, 502 & 504, rpld §502 sub 1, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7792
2017-2018: A2178, S1094
2019-2020: A1089
2021-2022: A1542
2023-2024: A771

2015-A449 - Summary

Relates to health care proxy information on driver's licenses.

2015-A449 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   449

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to health  care
  proxy   information  on  driver's  licenses;  and  to  repeal  certain
  provisions of such law relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of section 490 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2012, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  2.  Application.  Any  person  to whom a driver's license or learner's
permit has not been  issued  by  the  commissioner,  or  whose  driver's
license  or  learner's  permit is expired, suspended, revoked or surren-
dered, may make application to the commissioner for the issuance  of  an
identification  card.  The  commissioner  shall  ensure  that  space  is
provided on the application so that  the  applicant  shall  register  or
decline  registration  in  the donate life registry for organ and tissue
donations pursuant to section forty-three  hundred  ten  of  the  public
health  law and that the following is stated on the application in clear
and conspicuous type:
  "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to  be  added
to  the  Donate  Life  Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques-
tion'."
  The commissioner of  the  department  of  health  shall  not  maintain
records  of any person who checks "skip this question". Failure to check
a box shall not impair the validity of an application,  and  failure  to
check  "yes"  or checking "skip this question" shall not be construed to
imply a wish not to donate. In the case of an applicant  under  eighteen
years  of  age,  checking  "yes" shall not constitute consent to make an
anatomical gift or registration in the donate life  registry.  Where  an

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

co-Sponsors

2015-A449A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2581
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§490, 502 & 504, rpld §502 sub 1, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7792
2017-2018: A2178, S1094
2019-2020: A1089
2021-2022: A1542
2023-2024: A771

2015-A449A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to health care proxy information on driver's licenses.

2015-A449A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 449--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Transportation -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on
  Transportation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to health care
  proxy  information  on  driver's  licenses;  and  to  repeal   certain
  provisions of such law relating thereto

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 490 of  the  vehicle  and  traffic
law,  as  amended by chapter 465 of the laws of 2012, the third undesig-
nated paragraph as amended by chapter  405  of  the  laws  of  2015,  is
amended to read as follows:
  2.  Application.  Any  person  to whom a driver's license or learner's
permit has not been  issued  by  the  commissioner,  or  whose  driver's
license  or  learner's  permit is expired, suspended, revoked or surren-
dered, may make application to the commissioner for the issuance  of  an
identification  card.  The  commissioner  shall  ensure  that  space  is
provided on the application so that  the  applicant  shall  register  or
decline  registration  in  the donate life registry for organ and tissue
donations pursuant to section forty-three  hundred  ten  of  the  public
health  law and that the following is stated on the application in clear
and conspicuous type:
  "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to  be  added
to  the  Donate  Life  Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this ques-
tion'."
  The commissioner of health shall not maintain records  of  any  person
who checks "skip this question". Except where the application is made in
person  or  electronically,  failure to check a box shall not impair the

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

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