| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to transportation |
| Apr 14, 2011 |
print number 2613a |
| Apr 14, 2011 |
amend (t) and recommit to transportation |
| Jan 26, 2011 |
referred to transportation |
Senate Bill S2613
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 11th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2011-S2613 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §397-c, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S4048
2013-2014: S1299
2015-2016: S3514
2011-S2613 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2613
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to distribution of
health care proxy information
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To promote use of health care proxies by distributing information
through Department of Motor Vehicles mailings.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
The Vehicle and Traffic Law is amended by adding a new section 397-c
to require the Department of Motor Vehicles to include health care
proxy forms and instructions developed by the Department of Health to
residents in mailings on drivers' licenses and periodically in
mailings on registrations.
JUSTIFICATION:
People want to and should have their health care wishes honored. Yet a
large majority of New York residents do not have a health care proxy.
As a result, their health care wishes are usually unknown and people
are given medical treatment that they would not want or not given
treatment that they would want.
Therefore, it is important for the state of New York to establish a
2011-S2613 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2613
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 26, 2011
___________
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
THIRTEEN.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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2011-S2613A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Vehicle and Traffic Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §397-c, V & T L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S4048
2013-2014: S1299
2015-2016: S3514
2011-S2613A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2613A
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to health
care proxy information on driver's licenses
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this legislation is to
,amend the information that may be listed on a driver's license to
allow New Yorkers who have completed a health care proxy form to
specify their designated health care agent's name and contact
information.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill would amend paragraph a of
subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehicle and traffic law.
JUSTIFICATION:
Individuals deserve to have their health care wishes
honored, yet a large majority of New York residents do not have a
health care proxy for times when they cannot express their health
care preferences. As a result, their wishes are often unknown, and
they might be given medical treatment that they would not want or not
be given treatment that matches their choices. New Yorkers who have
completed health care proxy forms should be empowered to list their
2011-S2613A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2613--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 26, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to health care
proxy information on driver's licenses
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 504 of the vehi-
cle and traffic law, as separately amended by chapters 568 and 639 of
the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Every license or renewal thereof shall contain a distinguishing
mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to
section forty-three hundred ten of the public health law, by the licen-
see shall be recorded and shall contain such other information and shall
be issued in such form as the commissioner shall determine; provided,
however, every license or renewal thereof issued to a person under the
age of twenty-one years shall have prominently imprinted upon it the
statement "UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE" in notably distinctive print or
format; provided further, however, every license or renewal thereof
issued to a person making an anatomical gift shall have prominently
printed upon the front of such license or renewal thereof the statement
"ORGAN DONOR" in notably distinctive print or format; AND PROVIDED
FURTHER THAT EVERY LICENSE SHALL HAVE IMPRINTED ON THE BACK, "IF YOU
HAVE COMPLETED A HEALTH CARE PROXY FORM, YOU MAY LIST YOUR HEALTH CARE
AGENT HERE:" FOLLOWED BY SPACE FOR THE HEALTH CARE AGENT'S NAME AND
CONTACT INFORMATION. The commissioner shall not require fees for the
issuance of such licenses or renewals thereof to persons under twenty-
one years of age or to persons making an anatomical gift which are
different from the fees required for the issuance of licenses or
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06343-02-1
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