Assembly Bill A4014

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Excludes certain runaway youths from being able to consent to certain 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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2023-A4014 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S832
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2504, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.8937 & A.9604)

2023-A4014 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes certain runaway youths from being able to consent to certain medical, dental, health and hospital services.

2023-A4014 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4014
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to excluding  certain
   runaway  youths from being able to consent to 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 a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the  public  health  law
 relating  to  enabling  certain  persons to consent for certain medical,
 dental, health and hospital services, as proposed in  legislative  bills
 numbers S. 8937 and A. 9604, 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 themself, and the consent of no other person shall be necessary.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public health law
 relating to enabling certain persons to  consent  for  certain  medical,
 dental,  health  and hospital services, as proposed in legislative bills
 numbers S. 8937 and A. 9604, takes effect.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04031-01-3

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