New York A 5715: Requires nursing homes and certain facilities to provide health care proxy forms to patients at or prior to admission to such facilities

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A05715 Summary:

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Amd §2803-c, Pub Health L

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Requires nursing homes and certain facilities to provide health care proxy forms to patients at or prior to admission to such facilities; requires the facility to file such health care proxies with the department of health.

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BILL NOA05715 

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02/20/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5715

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring nursing
 homes and certain facilities to provide health care proxy forms to
 patients at or prior to admission to such facilities

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2803-c of the public health law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph s to read as follows:
 3 s. Every patient shall have the right to choose a health care proxy.
 4 Each patient shall be provided with a health care proxy form and shall
 5 be provided the opportunity to file such form with the department.
 6 § 2. Section 2803-c of the public health law is amended by adding a
 7 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 8 7. Each facility shall provide a health care proxy form to each
 9 patient at or prior to the time of admission to the facility. If the
 10 patient does not already have a health care proxy registered with the
 11 department, the facility shall file such health care proxy with the
 12 department on behalf of the patient.
 13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02289-01-5

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