Amd §461-d, Soc Serv L (as proposed in S.874 & A.1084)
 
Relates to rights of residents of adult care facilities; provides that residents have a right to be informed about their condition, treatment and medications.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9521
IN ASSEMBLY
January 23, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to adult care
facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (m) of subdivision 3 of section 461-d of the
2 social services law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending
3 the social services law relating to adult care facilities, as proposed
4 in legislative bills numbers S. 874 and A. 1084, is amended to read as
5 follows:
6 (m) Every resident or, in the case of a person who lacks capacity to
7 consent to his or her health care, a person legally authorized to
8 consent on behalf of the resident, shall have the right to choose the
9 resident's own health care providers for services not covered by his or
10 her admission agreement[, subject to limitations that may apply as a
11 result of a resident's third party payor coverage].
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
13 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019 amending the social services law
14 relating to adult care facilities, as proposed in legislative bills
15 numbers S. 874 and A. 1084, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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