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Senate Bill S4048

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for distribution of health care proxy information in mailings related to license and vehicle registration mailings to residents

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2009-S4048 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5670
Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง397-c, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2613
2013-2014: S1299
2015-2016: S3514

2009-S4048 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for distribution of health care proxy information in mailings related to license and vehicle registration mailings to residents for a whole year, every four years, beginning not later than January 1, 2011.

2009-S4048 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4048 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4048

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 8, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to distribution
  of health care proxy information

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

  Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
section 397-c to read as follows:
  S 397-C. DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH CARE PROXY INFORMATION. THE DEPARTMENT
SHALL DISTRIBUTE, IN LICENSE AND VEHICLE  REGISTRATION-RELATED  MAILINGS
TO  STATE  RESIDENTS,  A  HEALTH  CARE  PROXY  FORM  AND INSTRUCTIONS AS
PREPARED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH  IN  COLLAB-
ORATION  WITH  THE COMMISSIONER. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONDUCT SUCH MAIL-
INGS FOR THE ENTIRE CALENDAR YEAR ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS. THE FIRST MAIL-
ING SHALL COMMENCE ON A SCHEDULE TO BE DETERMINED BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,
BUT  SHALL  COMMENCE  NO  LATER  THAN THE FIRST OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND
ELEVEN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06115-01-9

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