Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 12, 2019 |
signed chap.623 |
Dec 06, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Mar 18, 2019 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.239 substituted for s3248 |
Feb 11, 2019 |
referred to children and families delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 31, 2019 |
advanced to third reading cal.24 |
Jan 28, 2019 |
reported |
Jan 14, 2019 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A1239
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JAFFEE
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-A1239 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A1239 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1239 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the family court act and the public health law, in relation to allowing a person having a lawful order of custody of a child to make medical decisions for such child THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 657 of the family court act, as added by section 5 of part F of chapter 58 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, persons possessing a lawful order of guardianship OR CUSTODY of a child shall have the right and responsibility to make decisions, including issuing any necessary consents, regarding the child's protection, educa- tion, care and control, health and medical needs, and the physical custody of the person of the child. Provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to limit the ability of a child to consent to his or her own medical care as may be otherwise provided by law. § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2504 of the public health law, as added by chapter 769 of the laws of 1972 and as renumbered by chapter 976 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows: 4. Medical, dental, health and hospital services may be rendered to persons of any age without the consent of a parent [or], legal guardian OR PERSON POSSESSING A LAWFUL ORDER OF CUSTODY when, in the physician's judgment an emergency exists and the person is in immediate need of medical attention and an attempt to secure consent would result in delay of treatment which would increase the risk to the person's life or health. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02780-01-9
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