New York A 6830: Establishes the bureau of the senior tenants' advocate in the state office for the aging

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A06830 Summary:

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Relates to disputes between a surrogate and a hospital or individual health care provider; cites when the requirement of a provider to provide life-sustaining treatment following a surrogate's directive does not apply.

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03/14/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6830

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to disputes between a
 surrogate and a hospital or individual health care provider

 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 2994-f of the public health law,
 2 as amended by chapter 708 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or subdivision one
 5 of section twenty-nine hundred ninety-four-q of this article, if a
 6 surrogate directs the provision of life-sustaining treatment, the denial
 7 of which in reasonable medical judgment would be likely to result in the
 8 death of the patient, a hospital or individual health care provider that
 9 does not wish to provide such treatment shall nonetheless comply with
 10 the surrogate's decision pending either transfer of the patient to a
 11 willing hospital or individual health care provider, or judicial review
 12 in accordance with section twenty-nine hundred ninety-four-r of this
 13 article. This requirement shall not apply when the hospital or individ-
 14 ual health care provider is carrying out a patient's decision made
 15 pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision three of
 16 section twenty-nine hundred ninety-four-d of this article; provided that
 17 the surrogate in such instance retains the right to request ethics
 18 committee review of the case pursuant to section twenty-nine hundred
 19 ninety-four-m of this article, or judicial review in accordance with
 20 section twenty-nine hundred ninety-four-r of this article.
 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01529-01-5

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