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Assembly Bill A9233

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to health care proxies when the principal is pregnant

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2013-A9233 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2981, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A4517

2013-A9233 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to health care proxies when the principal is pregnant.

2013-A9233 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9233

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 2, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to health care  prox-
  ies when the principal is pregnant

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 2981 of the public health  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
  (G) A HEALTH CARE PROXY MAY DIRECT WHICH LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT THE
PRINCIPAL WOULD DESIRE OR NOT DESIRE IF THE PRINCIPAL IS PREGNANT AT THE
TIME A HEALTH CARE PROXY BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.








 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14521-01-4

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