NY State Senate Bill 2021-S8937

Senate Bill S8937

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting certain runaways or homeless youth who are receiving crisis or support services to consent to medical, dental, health and hospital services

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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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 03, 2022	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.573 substituted for a9604
May 23, 2022	referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate
May 17, 2022	advanced to third reading
May 16, 2022	2nd report cal.
May 11, 2022	1st report cal.1346
Apr 29, 2022	referred to health

Votes

- May 23, 2022 - Floor Vote
  S8937
  
  52
  
  Aye
  
  9
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 23, 2022
      
      aye (52)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (9)
      
      Borrello
      
      Gallivan
      
      Lanza
      
      Martucci
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Stec
      
      Weik
      
      excused (2)
      
      Brouk
      
      Sanders Jr.
  May 9, 2022 - Health Committee Vote
  S8937
  
  9
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  5
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Health Committee Vote: May 9, 2022
      
      aye (9)
      
      Biaggi
      
      Cleare
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      May
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (5)
      
      Boyle
      
      Gallivan
      
      Oberacker
      
      Rath III
      
      Stec
      
      excused (1)
      
      Brouk

2021-S8937 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9604
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2504, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S8937, A9604

2021-S8937 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits runaways and homeless youth under the age of 18 who are receiving approved crisis or support services to consent to medical, dental, health and hospital services.

2021-S8937 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8937

SPONSOR: BRISPORT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to enabling certain
persons to consent for certain medical, dental, health and hospital
services

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends Public Health Law section 2504 subdivision 1 by
adding runaway and homeless youth, as defined in Executive Law section
532-a, and youth receiving services at an approved runaway and homeless
youth crisis services program or a transitional independent living
support program, as defined in Executive Law section 532-a, to the stat-
ute allowing individuals to consent to their own medical, dental, health
and hospital care.

Section 2 is the effective date: ninety days after it becomes a law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Current law generally requires parental consent for minors to receive
health care unless the minor is married or has a child. The need for
parental consent can be a huge barrier to accessing health care, espe-
cially for minors who are homeless or who feel unsafe in their homes and
have run away. This bill enables individuals who meet the definitions of
"homeless youth" and "runaway youth", or who receive services at an
approved runaway and homeless youth crisis services program or transi-
tional independent living support program to consent to their own health
care.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.

2021-S8937 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8937
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 29, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  enabling  certain
   persons  to  consent  for certain medical, dental, health and hospital
   services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 2504 of the public health law, as
 added by chapter 769 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Any person who is eighteen years of age or older, or is the  parent
 of  a child or has married, OR IS A RUNAWAY OR HOMELESS YOUTH AS DEFINED
 IN SECTION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW,  OR  RECEIVES
 SERVICES  AT  AN  APPROVED  RUNAWAY  AND  HOMELESS YOUTH CRISIS SERVICES
 PROGRAM OR A TRANSITIONAL INDEPENDENT LIVING SUPPORT PROGRAM AS  DEFINED
 IN  SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-TWO-A  OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, may give
 effective consent for medical, dental, health and hospital services  for
 [himself  or herself] THEMSELF, and the consent of no other person shall
 be necessary.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15189-01-2

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