STATE OF NEW YORK
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8880--A
IN ASSEMBLY
January 19, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE, SIMON, GALLAGHER, GLICK, TAPIA, GALEF,
GRIFFIN, McDONALD, MAGNARELLI, STIRPE, CAHILL, SEAWRIGHT, O'DONNELL,
GUNTHER, GOTTFRIED, MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
statewide advance care planning campaign to promote public awareness
of hospice and palliative care services; and to repeal certain
provisions of such law related thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public
2 health law, as amended by section 16 of part A of chapter 109 of the
3 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
4 (e) The commissioner shall establish a statewide advance care plan-
5 ning campaign to:
6 (i) promote public awareness of hospice and palliative care services;
7 and palliative care options for patients with a terminal illness or
8 condition;
9 (ii) inform the public of the importance of advance care planning and
10 the individual's right to direct and participate in health care deci-
11 sions affecting the individual;
12 (iii) educate individuals on the tools available to ensure their
13 health care decisions are honored; and
14 (iv) the need and importance for consumers and patients to have an
15 advance directive, particularly a health care proxy, and the need and
16 importance for health care providers to play a leadership role in
17 discussing end-of-life care preferences and values with patients and to
18 provide patients with health care proxy forms.
19 § 2. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public
20 health law is REPEALED.
21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
22 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
23 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
24 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
25 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14257-02-2
