New York A 1950: Relates to health care proxy information on driver's licenses; repealer

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A01950 Summary:

BILL NOA01950 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01367

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§490, 502 & 504, rpld §502 sub 1, V & T L

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Relates to health care proxy information on driver's licenses.

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BILL NOA01950 

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01/14/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1950

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to health care
 proxy information on driver's licenses; and to repeal certain
 provisions of such law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Section 490 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
 3 2-a. In addition to the provisions of subdivision two of this section,
 4 the commissioner shall ensure that space is provided on the application
 5 so that the applicant shall indicate a declaration relating to the
 6 designation of a health care proxy pursuant to section twenty-nine
 7 hundred eighty-one of the public health law and that the following is
 8 typed in clear and conspicuous type:
 9 "You must fill out the following section: Have you completed a health
 10 care proxy? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this question'." Followed by a
 11 space for the health care agent's name.
 12 The commissioner shall also ensure that space is provided on the
 13 application so that the applicant shall indicate a declaration relating
 14 to the use of life-sustaining treatment and that the following is typed
 15 in clear and conspicuous type:
 16 "You must fill out the following section: Have you completed a living
 17 will? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this question'."
 18 The commissioner shall make whatever provisions are feasible and
 19 desirable to maintain and issue all suitable documents regarding
 20 advanced directives at driver's license examining offices.
 21 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 490 of the vehicle and
 22 traffic law, as amended by section 97 of part PP of chapter 56 of the
 23 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03073-01-5

 A. 1950 2

 1 (b) The identification card shall contain a distinguishing number or
 2 mark and adequate space upon which an anatomical gift, pursuant to arti-
 3 cle forty-three of the public health law, a declaration relating to a
 4 health care proxy, pursuant to section twenty-nine hundred eighty-one of
 5 the public health law, and a declaration relating to the use of life-
 6 sustaining treatments by the holder may be recorded and shall contain
 7 such other information and shall be issued in such form as the commis-
 8 sioner shall determine; provided, however, every identification card or
 9 renewal thereof issued to a person under the age of twenty-one years
 10 shall have prominently imprinted thereon the statement "UNDER 21 YEARS
 11 OF AGE" in notably distinctive print or format. Provided, further,
 12 however, that every identification card issued to an applicant who was a
 13 member of the armed forces of the United States and (i) received an
 14 honorable discharge or was released therefrom under honorable condi-
 15 tions, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of
 16 the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad
 17 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT
 18 veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and
 19 has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from
 20 such service, shall, upon [his or her] the applicant's request and
 21 submission of proof as set forth herein, contain a distinguishing mark,
 22 in such form as the commissioner shall determine, i