Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 13, 2019 | approval memo.37 signed chap.646 |
Dec 06, 2019 | delivered to governor |
May 21, 2019 | returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.618 substituted for s874 |
Feb 12, 2019 | referred to health delivered to senate passed assembly |
Feb 07, 2019 | advanced to third reading cal.36 |
Feb 04, 2019 | reported |
Jan 14, 2019 | referred to health |
assembly Bill A1084
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
GOTTFRIED
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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Jeffrey Dinowitz
Linda Rosenthal
Anthony D'Urso
Sandy Galef
A1084 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1084 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, L. ROSENTHAL, D'URSO, GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to adult care facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 461-d of the social services law is amended by adding two new paragraphs (l) and (m) to read as follows: (L) EVERY RESIDENT OR, IN THE CASE OF A PERSON WHO LACKS CAPACITY TO CONSENT TO HIS OR HER HEALTH CARE, A PERSON LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO CONSENT ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENT, SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE FULLY INFORMED BY HIS OR HER PHYSICIAN, OR OTHER HEALTH OR MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER OF HIS OR HER MEDICAL CONDITION AND PROPOSED MEDICATION, TREAT- MENT AND SERVICES, UNLESS MEDICALLY CONTRAINDICATED, AND TO REFUSE MEDI- CATION, TREATMENT OR SERVICES AFTER BEING FULLY INFORMED OF THE CONSE- QUENCES OF SUCH ACTIONS; PROVIDED THAT AN OPERATOR ACTING REASONABLY AND IN GOOD FAITH, SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE OR PENALIZED FOR COMPLYING WITH THE REFUSAL OF SUCH MEDICATION, TREATMENT OR SERVICES BY A RESIDENT OR, IN THE CASE OF A PERSON WHO LACKS CAPACITY TO CONSENT TO HIS OR HER HEALTH CARE, A PERSON LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO CONSENT ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENT, WHO HAS BEEN FULLY INFORMED OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH REFUSAL. (M) EVERY RESIDENT OR, IN THE CASE OF A PERSON WHO LACKS CAPACITY TO CONSENT TO HIS OR HER HEALTH CARE, A PERSON LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO CONSENT ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENT, SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE RESIDENT'S OWN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FOR SERVICES NOT COVERED BY HIS OR HER ADMISSION AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS THAT MAY APPLY AS A RESULT OF A RESIDENT'S THIRD PARTY PAYOR COVERAGE. § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03365-01-9