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A1124Assembly2019-2020 SessionSame asS6356

Easier Care for Lonely Patients

Official title

“Relates to health care decisions for adult patients without surrogates”

Sponsor Richard GottfriedAD-75+3 co-sponsorsAffects Health
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

The bill exempts routine medical treatment decisions for hospice patients without a surrogate from ethics committee or court review.

Why it matters

  1. Expedites care for hospice patients without surrogates. by allowing routine medical decisions to be made without waiting for an ethics committee or court review, potentially reducing unnecessary delays in their treatment.

  2. Shifts oversight responsibility for routine care. to the attending clinicians and standard protocols (as referenced in subdivision three), rather than requiring institutional or judicial review, which can help streamline care in hospice settings.

  3. Reflects trust in medical professionals. to make day-to-day treatment decisions for patients who cannot speak for themselves and have no surrogate, emphasizing practicality and responsiveness in end-of-life care.

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Easier Care for Lonely Patients

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Richard Gottfried

Assembly Member · Assembly District 75

History

  1. Signed chap.622
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 61–1
  5. 3rd reading cal.1452
  6. Substituted for S6356
  7. Referred to health
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Advanced to third reading cal.221
  11. Reported
  12. Referred to health

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S6356Senate

Hospice Care Choice for Adults

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Gustavo Rivera

Impact 3 · Low0% to pass

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

1124

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 14, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to decisions about routine medical treatment for hospice patients without a surrogate decision maker

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 5-a of section 2994-g of the public health law, as added by chapter 430 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:

(c) The ethics review committee of the general hospital, residential health care facility or hospice, as applicable, including at least one physician or nurse practitioner who is not the patient's attending physician or attending nurse practitioner, or a court of competent jurisdiction, must review the decision and determine that it is consistent with such standards for surrogate decisions. This requirement shall not apply to decisions about routine medical treatment. Such decisions shall be governed by subdivision three of this section.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD03525-01-9

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