New York S 6686: Requires pre-admission notification of policies authorizing the refusal to follow directives in health care proxies that are contrary to a hospital's operating principles

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S06686 Summary:

BILL NOS06686 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00121

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2984 & 2994-n, Pub Health L

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Requires pre-admission notification of policies authorizing the refusal to follow directives in health care proxies that are contrary to a hospital's operating principles.

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03/19/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6686

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 requiring pre-ad-
 mission notification of policies authorizing the refusal to follow
 directives in health care proxies that are contrary to a hospital's
 operating principles

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 2984 of the
 2 public health law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 2010, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) the hospital has informed the patient or the health care agent of
 5 such policy prior to [or upon] admission, [if reasonably possible]
 6 provided, that in the case of an emergency, the information may be
 7 provided as soon as reasonably possible upon or after admission, and if
 8 such information is given upon admission or later, an explanation as to
 9 why such information was not given prior to admission shall be given to
 10 the patient or health care agent and shall be placed in the patient's
 11 medical record; and
 12 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2994-n of the public
 13 health law, as added by chapter 8 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
 14 read as follows:
 15 (b) The hospital has informed the patient, family, or surrogate of
 16 such policy prior to [or upon] admission, [if reasonably possible]
 17 provided, that in the case of an emergency, the information may be
 18 provided as soon as reasonably possible upon or after admission, and if
 19 such information is given upon admission or later, an explanation as to
 20 why such information was not given prior to admission shall be given to
 21 the patient or health care agent and shall be placed in the patient's
 22 medical record; and
 23 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 24 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01254-01-5

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