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NY S07155
Bill
Status
5/1/2014
Primary Sponsor
Kemp Hannon
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AI Summary
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Amends Public Health Law Section 2994-f to address disputes when a surrogate directs life-sustaining treatment that a hospital or health care provider objects to providing.
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Requires hospitals and health care providers to comply with a surrogate's directive for life-sustaining treatment pending either patient transfer to a willing provider or judicial review.
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Creates an exception to the compliance requirement when the provider is carrying out a patient's own decision regarding life-sustaining treatment made under specific advance directive provisions.
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Preserves the surrogate's right to request ethics committee review or judicial review even when the exception applies.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
PRINT NUMBER 7155A
6/16/2014