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NY S04306
Bill
Status
2/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Parker
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AI Summary
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Requires general hospital staff to ask patients upon admission if they wish to designate a domestic partner who would have next-of-kin privileges for visitation and surgery authorization
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Designated domestic partner authority applies only when next-of-kin or nearest relative is absent/unavailable, the patient becomes incapacitated, and no specific instructions were previously given
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Domestic partners designated under this provision receive no greater rights than would be recognized for next-of-kin
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Health care proxies and living wills take precedence over any domestic partner designation made on the hospital admissions form
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Takes effect 120 days after becoming law, with immediate authorization for regulatory agencies to develop implementation rules
Legislative Description
Requires patient hospital admissions form to allow a patient to designate a domestic partner with the same privileges as a next-of-kin respecting visitation and the authorizing of surgery for a patient in the absence and unavailability of a next-of-kin or nearest relative where the patient has given no specific instructions and becomes unable to execute a health care proxy or make decisions about their health care.
Last Action
REFERRED TO HEALTH
1/7/2026