New York S 8395: Establishes the COVID-19 emergency property tax credit for certain persons

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S08395 Summary:

BILL NOS08395 

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SPONSORBROUK

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Amd §§2994-a - 2994-d, 2994-g, 2994-l & 2994-m, Pub Health L

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Relates to orders not to resuscitate and the applicability of the family health care decisions act to residents of mental hygiene hospitals patients who lack decision-making capacity.

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BILL NOS08395 

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06/07/2025REFERRED TO RULES

06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1792

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.980

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/12/2026PASSED SENATE

05/12/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/12/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8395

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 June 7, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. BROUK -- (at request of the Office of Mental Health)
 -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to orders not to
 resuscitate and decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment and
 hospice care

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 2994-a of the public health law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 18-a to read as follows:
 3 18-a. "Mental hygiene hospital" means any hospital as defined in
 4 subdivision ten of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law.
 5 § 2. Subdivision 1-a of section 2994-b of the public health law, as
 6 added by chapter 742 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 7 1-a. This article shall also apply to decisions regarding orders not
 8 to resuscitate, life-sustaining treatment, and hospice care for a
 9 patient who lacks decision-making capacity in a mental hygiene hospital
 10 [as defined by section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law].
 11 § 3. Subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of
 12 section 2994-c of the public health law, as amended by chapter 708 of
 13 the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
 14 (ii) In a general hospital or mental hygiene hospital, a health or
 15 social services practitioner employed by or otherwise formally affil-
 16 iated with the facility must independently determine whether an adult
 17 patient lacks decision-making capacity if the surrogate's decision
 18 concerns the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment.
 19 (iii) With respect to decisions regarding hospice care for a patient
 20 in a general hospital, mental hygiene hospital, or residential health
 21 care facility, the health or social services practitioner must be
 22 employed by or otherwise formally affiliated with the general hospital,
 23 mental hygiene hospital, or residential health care facility.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10155-01-5

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 1 § 4. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 5 of section 2994-d of the public
 2 health law, as amended by chapter 708 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (c) In a general hospital or mental hygiene hospital, if the attending
 5 practitioner objects to a surrogate's decision, under subparagraph (ii)
 6 of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, to withdraw or withhold nutrition
 7 and hydration provided by means of medical treatment, the decision shall
 8 not be implemented until the ethics review committee, including at least
 9 one physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant who is not
 10 directly responsible for the patient's care, or a court of competent
 11 jurisdiction, reviews the decision and determines that it meets the
 12 standards set forth in this subdivision and subdivision four of this
 13 section.
 14 § 5. Subparagraphs (i) and (iii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 5-a
 15 of section 2994-g of the public health law, as amended by chapter 708 of