A08389 Summary:
BILL NO | A08389 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S05014-A |
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SPONSOR | Lavine |
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COSPNSR | Galef, Simanowitz, Jaffee, Paulin, Gunther, Scarborough, Millman, Cook, Roberts, Moya, Castro |
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MLTSPNSR | Arroyo, Barrett, Calhoun, Crouch, Duprey, Kearns, McEneny, McKevitt, Montesano, Rivera P, Weisenberg |
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Amd SS2981 & 2983, Pub Health L | |
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Relates to the authority of an agent to act outside a hospital setting to make certain decisions regarding the transport of the principal to a particular medical setting when such principal is unconscious or unresponsive. |
A08389 Actions:
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06/15/2011 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/04/2012 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2012 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2012 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2012 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2012 | rules report cal.185 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2012 | ordered to third reading rules cal.185 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2012 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2012 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/14/2012 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/21/2012 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S5014A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/21/2012 | 3RD READING CAL.1081 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/21/2012 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/21/2012 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09/21/2012 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10/03/2012 | vetoed memo.156 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10/05/2012 | tabled |
A08389 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Ceretto
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Clark
Yes
Goldfeder
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Saladino
Yes
Amedore
ER
Colton
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Linares
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Sayward
Yes
Arroyo
ER
Conte
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez PD
ER
O'Donnell
ER
Scarborough
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cook
Yes
Graf
ER
Lopez VJ
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Schimel
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Corwin
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Losquadro
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Hanna
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Barron
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magee
Yes
Peoples Stokes
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Curran
Yes
Heastie
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Cusick
ER
Hevesi
Yes
Maisel
Yes
Pretlow
ER
Smardz
Yes
Boyland
Yes
Cymbrowitz
ER
Hikind
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stevenson
Yes
Boyle
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Markey
Yes
Ra
Yes
Sweeney
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobs
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Rabbitt
Yes
Tedisco
Yes
Brennan
Yes
Duprey
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Tenney
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Englebright
ER
Jeffries
Yes
McEneny
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Espinal
Yes
Johns
Yes
McKevitt
ER
Reilich
ER
Titone
Yes
Brook Krasny
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Jordan
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Titus
ER
Burling
Yes
Finch
Yes
Katz
ER
Meng
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Tobacco
Yes
Butler
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Miller D
Yes
Rivera N
Yes
Walter
ER
Cahill
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kearns
ER
Miller JM
Yes
Rivera PM
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Calhoun
Yes
Gabryszak
ER
Kellner
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Roberts
Yes
Weisenberg
Yes
Camara
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Millman
Yes
Robinson
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Canestrari
Yes
Gantt
ER
Lancman
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Wright
Yes
Castelli
ER
Gibson
Yes
Latimer
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Castro
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Moya
Yes
Russell
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A08389 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8389 2011-2012 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 15, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the authority of an agent to act outside a hospital setting to make certain decisions regarding the transport of the principal to a particular medical setting when such principal is unconscious or unresponsive The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 2981 of the public health law, as 2 added by chapter 752 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: 3 4. Commencement of agent's authority. The agent's authority shall 4 commence upon a determination, made pursuant to subdivision one of 5 section two thousand nine hundred eighty-three of this article, that the 6 principal lacks capacity to make health care decisions or if the princi- 7 pal is not found within a hospital, mental hygiene facility or residen- 8 tial health care facility and is in an unconscious or unresponsive 9 state. 10 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2983 of the public 11 health law, as added by chapter 752 of the laws of 1990, is amended to 12 read as follows: 13 (a) A determination that a principal lacks capacity to make health 14 care decisions shall be made by the attending physician to a reasonable 15 degree of medical certainty. The determination shall be made in writing 16 and shall contain such attending physician's opinion regarding the cause 17 and nature of the principal's incapacity as well as its extent and prob- 18 able duration. The determination shall be included in the patient's 19 medical record. For a decision to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining 20 treatment, the attending physician who makes the determination that a 21 principal lacks capacity to make health care decisions must consult with 22 another physician to confirm such determination. Such consultation shall 23 also be included within the patient's medical record. No determination EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11239-03-1A. 8389 2 1 by the physician shall be required where the principal is found outside 2 of a hospital, mental hygiene facility or residential health care facil- 3 ity and the principal is unconscious or unresponsive as there shall be a 4 presumption of incapacity for the limited purpose of empowering the 5 health care agent to make health care decisions in regard to the choice 6 of which hospital, mental hygiene facility, or residential health care 7 provider where the principal should be transported. 8 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 9 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 10 ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple- 11 mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on 12 or before such effective date.