NY S07507

Expands the Family Health Care Decisions Act to apply to orders not to resuscitate, life-sustaining treatment decisions, and hospice care for patients lacking decision-making capacity in mental hygiene hospitals.

Defines "mental hygiene hospital" as any hospital under section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law and includes mental hygiene hospitals in all applicable provisions regarding surrogate decision-making.

Requires health or social services practitioners in general hospitals or mental hygiene hospitals to independently determine patient decision-making capacity when surrogates decide to withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment.

Applies ethics review committee requirements to mental hygiene hospitals when attending practitioners object to surrogate decisions regarding withdrawal of nutrition and hydration or hospice care decisions.

Takes effect 180 days after becoming law.