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A08521 Summary:

A08521 Actions:

A08521 Committee Votes:

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Paulin      
DATE:01/17/2024AYE/NAY:16/7  Action: Favorable         
Paulin
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Byrnes
Nay
Gunther
Aye
Gandolfo
Nay
Rosenthal
Aye
Mikulin
Nay
Hevesi
Excused
Blumencranz
Nay
Steck
Aye
Bendett
Nay
Braunstein
Aye
Gray
Nay
Solages
Aye
McGowan
Nay
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Sayegh
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Reyes
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Excused
Rajkumar
Aye
Forrest
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Lucas
Aye

A08521 Floor Votes:

A08521 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8521
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 5, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the state technology law, in relation to providing for
          the remote conduct of witnessing health care proxies
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 307 of the state technology law,
     2  as amended by chapter 222 of the laws of 2021, is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  To  any  document providing for the disposition of an individual's
     5  person or property upon death or incompetence, or appointing a fiduciary
     6  of an individual's person or property,  including,  without  limitation,
     7  wills,  trusts,  decisions  consenting to orders not to resuscitate, and
     8  powers of attorney [and health care proxies], with the exception of: (a)
     9  contractual beneficiary designations; (b) the  registration  of  making,
    10  amending,  or  revoking  an  anatomical  gift  under section forty-three
    11  hundred ten of the public  health  law;  and  (c)  documents  and  forms
    12  authorizing or accepting funeral, cemetery and cremation services.
    13    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    14  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the public  health  law
    15  relating  to  providing for the remote conduct of witnessing health care
    16  proxies, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5100 and  A.  2190,
    17  takes effect.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01025-02-4