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- Referred to transportation
- Referred to transportation
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Provides for distribution of health care proxy information in mailings related to license and vehicle registration mailings to residents
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Linda Rosenthal
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Title of bill
An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to distribution of health care proxy information
Purpose or general idea of bill
To promote use of health care proxies by distributing information through Department of Motor Vehicles mailings.
Summary of specific provisions
The Vehicle and Traffic Law is amended to require the Department of Motor Vehicles to include health care proxy forms and instructions developed by the Department of Health to residents in mailings on drivers' licenses and periodically in mailings on registrations.
Justification
People want to and should have their health care wishes honored. Yet a large majority of New York residents do not have a health care proxy. As a result, their health care wishes are usually unknown and people are given medical treatment that they would not want or not given treatment that they would want.
Therefore, it is important for the state of New York to establish a variety of ways to provide individuals with health care proxy forms and instructions to increase the number of people who complete this important document. It makes sense to have the Department of Motor Vehicles, which periodically sends mailings to millions of residents of the state, to include a health care proxy form and instructions. This is consistent with what the Department does now when it provides a place on driver's licenses for organ donations.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
Nominal.
Effective date
Immediately.
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