What's happening
This bill requires certain agencies to have staff on-call 24/7 to respond to notices about medical orders for life-sustaining treatment for developmentally disabled persons.
Why it matters
Ensures immediate oversight. By requiring the mental hygiene legal service and the commissioner of developmental disabilities to have staff available 24/7, the bill aims to ensure that any objections or concerns about life-sustaining treatment for developmentally disabled individuals can be addressed without delay, even outside normal business hours.
Promotes timely decision-making. This constant availability is crucial in urgent medical situations where decisions about life-sustaining treatment must be made quickly, reducing the risk of unnecessary suffering or inappropriate medical interventions due to administrative delays.
Strengthens legal protections. The bill reinforces the rights of developmentally disabled individuals by guaranteeing that agencies tasked with protecting these rights are always accessible, potentially reducing the likelihood of unilateral or unchallenged decisions about critical medical care.
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9 Co-sponsors
3 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to judiciary
- Referred to judiciary
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STATE OF NEW YORK
648
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, ENGLEBRIGHT, MOSLEY, COLTON, COOK, CUSICK, BLAKE, ARROYO, HOOPER, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CRESPO, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
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
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1750-b of the surrogate's court procedure act is amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
(f) The mental hygiene legal service and the commissioner of developmental disabilities shall assure that appropriate staff is on-call and available on a twenty-four hour a day basis every day of the year for the purpose of receiving and acting on notices given pursuant to paragraph (e) of this subdivision.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02913-01-7
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