Senate Bill S2653

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes do not resuscitate orders on drivers' licenses and identification cards

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S2653 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2194
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2994-bb, 2994-cc & 2994-ee, Pub Health L; amd §§490, 502 & 504, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4713, A9448
2017-2018: S187, A1562
2021-2022: S2092

2019-S2653 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes do not resuscitate orders on drivers' licenses and identification cards.

2019-S2653 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2653 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2653
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the vehicle and  traffic  law,
   in  relation  to  establishing  do  not resuscitate orders on drivers'
   licenses and identification cards

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 2994-bb of the public health law,
 as added by chapter 8 of the  laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  A  nonhospital  order  not to resuscitate may be issued (A) during
 hospitalization to take effect after hospitalization, [or may be issued]
 (B) for a person who is not a patient in, or a resident of, a  hospital,
 (C) ON AN APPLICATION OR RENEWAL FORM OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR (D) ON A
 NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD APPLICATION OR RENEWAL FORM.
   §  2.  Section 2994-cc of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. AN ADULT WITH DECISION-MAKING CAPACITY MAY CONSENT TO A NONHOSPITAL
 ORDER NOT TO RESUSCITATE ON AN APPLICATION OR RENEWAL FORM OF A DRIVER'S
 LICENSE OR ON A NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD  APPLICATION  OR  RENEWAL
 FORM. CONSENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SECTIONS FOUR HUNDRED NINETY AND FIVE
 HUNDRED TWO OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   §  3.  The  opening  paragraph of section 2994-ee of the public health
 law, as added by chapter 8 of the laws of 2010, is amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Obligation to honor a nonhospital order not to resuscitate.  Emergency
 medical services personnel, home care services agency personnel, hospice
 personnel,  or  hospital  emergency  services personnel who are provided
 with a nonhospital order not to resuscitate, [or] who identify the stan-
 dard bracelet on the patient's body, OR WHO IDENTIFY A NONHOSPITAL ORDER
 NOT TO RESUSCITATE ON AN INDIVIDUAL'S  DRIVER'S  LICENSE  OR  NON-DRIVER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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