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Assembly Bill A4899

Signed By Governor

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires the provision of a model health care proxy form to individuals applying for medical assistance

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2011-A4899 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4830
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §366-a, Soc Serv L

2011-A4899 - Summary

Requires the provision of a model health care proxy form to individuals applying for medical assistance except where doing so would impede the immediate provision of health care services.

2011-A4899 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4899

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Social Services

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social services law, in relation to providing a
  model health care proxy form, living will or other comparable  materi-
  als to individuals applying for medical assistance

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

  Section 1. Section 366-a of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A. EVERY PERSON MAKING APPLICATION FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, AND EVERY
PERSON  ON WHOSE BEHALF AN APPLICATION IS MADE, SHALL, IF INTERESTED, BE
GIVEN THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MODEL  HEALTH  CARE  PROXY
FORM, LIVING WILL OR COMPARABLE MATERIALS AND INSTRUCTIONS BY THE PERSON
TAKING THE APPLICATION, EXCEPT WHERE DOING SO WOULD IMPEDE THE IMMEDIATE
PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09113-01-1

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2011-A4899A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4830
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §366-a, Soc Serv L

2011-A4899A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the provision of a model health care proxy form to individuals applying for medical assistance except where doing so would impede the immediate provision of health care services.

2011-A4899A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 4899--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 9, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, SPANO, BRONSON, MAISEL --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BOYLAND,  CALHOUN,  GLICK,  LUPARDO,
  McKEVITT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  providing  a
  model  health  care  proxy  form  to  individuals applying for medical
  assistance

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

  Section  1.  Section  366-a  of  the social services law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A. EVERY PERSON MAKING APPLICATION FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, AND EVERY
PERSON ON WHOSE BEHALF AN APPLICATION IS MADE, SHALL, IF INTERESTED,  BE
GIVEN  THE  NEW  YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MODEL HEALTH CARE PROXY
FORM BY THE PERSON TAKING THE APPLICATION, EXCEPT WHERE DOING  SO  WOULD
IMPEDE THE IMMEDIATE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09113-02-1

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