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- Referred to judiciary
- Referred to judiciary
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Directs the mental hygiene legal service and commissioner of developmental disabilities to maintain adequate staffing for review orders to provide or deny life-sustaining treatment
In Assembly Committee · Judiciary · Sponsor Aileen Gunther
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1401
Title of bill
An act to amend the surrogate's court procedure act, in relation to requiring certain agencies with authority to object to the implementation of medical orders for life-sustaining treatment to developmentally disabled persons to be on-call
Purpose
To ensure that individuals with developmental disabilities who are in need of time-sensitive decision-making from agencies with the authority to object to the implementation of medical orders relative to life-sustaining treatment are not denied appropriate care because of unnecessary delays.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill adds a new subdivision 4 (f) to the Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 17.50b. Under this new subdivision, the mental hygiene legal service as well as the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities, which have the authority to object to the implementation of orders for the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment for individuals with developmental disabilities, are required to assure that appropriate staff are on-call on a 24/7 basis for receiving and acting on notices to implement life-sustaining medical treatment.
Section 2 of the bill provides for an effective date.
Justification
Prompted by concerns that individuals with developmental disabilities were subject to inhumane delay in decision-making about end-of-life decisions, this legislation would require MHLS and OPWDD to be available in the event that a decision regarding the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment is necessary.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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