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S00138 Summary:

BILL NOS00138 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00136

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRSCARCELLA-SPANTON, BRISPORT, BROUK, COMRIE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, HARCKHAM,
 HINCHEY, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MAY, MYRIE, RAMOS, RIVERA, RYAN C, RYAN S, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA,
 SERRANO, SKOUFIS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 28-F §§2899-d - 2899-s, Pub Health L

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Relates to the medical aid in dying act; relates to a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying.

Go to top S00138 Actions:

BILL NOS00138 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1674

06/09/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A136

&nbspA00136 AMEND= Paulin (MS)

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to health

&nbsp04/28/2025reported referred to codes

&nbsp04/28/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp04/29/2025reported 

&nbsp04/29/2025rules report cal.153

&nbsp04/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.153

&nbsp04/29/2025passed assembly

&nbsp04/29/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp04/29/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

&nbsp06/09/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S138

&nbsp06/09/20253RD READING CAL.1674

&nbsp06/09/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/09/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/31/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/06/2026signed chap.714

&nbsp02/06/2026approval memo.89

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 138

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to a terminally ill
 patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "medical
 2 aid in dying act".
 3 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 28-F to
 4 read as follows:
 5 ARTICLE 28-F
 6 MEDICAL AID IN DYING
 7 Section 2899-d. Definitions.
 8 2899-e. Request process.
 9 2899-f. Attending physician responsibilities.
 10 2899-g. Right to rescind request; requirement to offer opportu-
 11 nity to rescind.
 12 2899-h. Consulting physician responsibilities.
 13 2899-i. Referral to mental health professional.
 14 2899-j. Medical record documentation requirements.
 15 2899-k. Form of written request and witness attestation.
 16 2899-l. Protection and immunities.
 17 2899-m. Permissible refusals and prohibitions.
 18 2899-n. Relation to other laws and contracts.
 19 2899-o. Safe disposal of unused medications.
 20 2899-p. Death certificate.
 21 2899-q. Reporting.
 22 2899-r. Penalties.
 23 2899-s. Severability.
 24 § 2899-d. Definitions. As used in this article:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00320-01-5

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 1 1. "Adult" means an individual who is eighteen years of age or older.
 2 2. "Attending physician" means the physician who has primary responsi-
 3 bility for the care of the patient and treatment of the patient's termi-
 4 nal illness or condition.
 5 3. "Decision-making capacity" means the ability to understand and
 6 appreciate the nature and consequences of health care decisions, includ-
 7 ing the benefits and risks of and alternatives to any proposed health
 8 care, including medical aid in dying, and to reach an informed decision.
 9 4. "Consulting physician" means a physician who is qualified by
 10 specialty or experience to make a professional diagnosis and prognosis
 11 regarding a person's terminal illness or condition.
 12 5. "Health care facility" means a general hospital, nursing home, or
 13 residential health care facility as defined in section twenty-eight
 14 hundred one of this chapter, or a hospice as defined in section four
 15 thousand two of this chapter; provided that for the purposes of section
 16 twenty eight hundred ninety-nine-m of t