Assembly Bill A1542

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to health care proxy information on driver's licenses; repealer

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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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2021-A1542 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1487
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§490, 502 & 504, rpld §502 sub 1, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7792
2015-2016: A449
2017-2018: A2178
2019-2020: A1089, S5972
2023-2024: A771, S1460

2021-A1542 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to health care proxy information on driver's licenses.

2021-A1542 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1542
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to health  care
   proxy   information  on  driver's  licenses;  and  to  repeal  certain
   provisions of such law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law, is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE  APPLICATION
 SO  THAT  THE  APPLICANT  SHALL  INDICATE  A DECLARATION RELATING TO THE
 DESIGNATION OF A HEALTH  CARE  PROXY  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-NINE
 HUNDRED  EIGHTY-ONE  OF  THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS
 TYPED IN CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: HAVE YOU COMPLETED A  HEALTH
 CARE  PROXY? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUESTION'." FOLLOWED BY A
 SPACE FOR THE HEALTH CARE AGENT'S NAME.
   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO ENSURE  THAT  SPACE  IS  PROVIDED  ON  THE
 APPLICATION  SO THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL INDICATE A DECLARATION RELATING
 TO THE USE OF LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS  TYPED
 IN CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS TYPE:
   "YOU  MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SECTION: HAVE YOU COMPLETED A LIVING
 WILL? CHECK BOX FOR 'YES' OR 'SKIP THIS QUESTION'."
   THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  MAKE  WHATEVER  PROVISIONS  ARE  FEASIBLE  AND
 DESIRABLE  TO  MAINTAIN  AND  ISSUE  ALL  SUITABLE  DOCUMENTS  REGARDING
 ADVANCED DIRECTIVES AT DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINING OFFICES.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle  and
 traffic  law,  as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended
 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01057-01-1
              

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