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NY A 916

enacted

Relates to guardians and health care agents

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did NY A 916 pass?

Yes. NY A 916 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-02-14): SIGNED CHAP.29

What is NY A 916 about?

Includes guardians of the principal as a person who may commence certain special proceedings; provides that if a hospital can with reasonable efforts ascertain the identity of the parents or guardian of an emancipated minor patient and obtain such parent's or guardian's contact information, the hospital shall notify such persons, and document such notification in the patient's medical record, prior to withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment.

Who sponsors NY A 916?

Amy Paulin is the primary sponsor of NY A 916.

Description

Includes guardians of the principal as a person who may commence certain special proceedings; provides that if a hospital can with reasonable efforts ascertain the identity of the parents or guardian of an emancipated minor patient and obtain such parent's or guardian's contact information, the hospital shall notify such persons, and document such notification in the patient's medical record, prior to withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-02-14 — SIGNED CHAP.29
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Amy Paulinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-02-14

    SIGNED CHAP.29

    executive-signature

  2. 2025-02-12

    DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

    executive-receipt

  3. 2025-02-11

    RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

  4. 2025-02-11

    PASSED SENATE

    passage

  5. 2025-02-11

    3RD READING CAL.62

  6. 2025-02-11

    SUBSTITUTED FOR S788

  7. 2025-01-22

    REFERRED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-01-22

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

  9. 2025-01-22

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

    passage

  10. 2025-01-14

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.17

  11. 2025-01-14

    RULES REPORT CAL.17

  12. 2025-01-14

    REPORTED

  13. 2025-01-14

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  14. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Assembly Vote

    2025-01-22 · pass · 145-0

    Member-level votes (150)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Carroll P: yes
    • Friend: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Peoples-Stokes: yes
    • Slater: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Carroll RC: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Lemondes: yes
    • Pheffer Amato: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Angelino: yes
    • Chandler-Waterm: yes
    • Gallahan: yes
    • Levenberg: yes
    • Pirozzolo: yes
    • Smullen: yes
    • Bailey: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Gandolfo: yes
    • Lucas: yes
    • Pretlow: yes
    • Solages: yes
    • Barclay: yes
    • Chludzinski: yes
    • Gibbs: yes
    • Lunsford: yes
    • Ra: yes
    • Steck: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Clark: yes
    • Giglio: yes
    • Lupardo: yes
    • Raga: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Beephan: yes
    • Colton: yes
    • Glick: yes
    • Magnarelli: yes
    • Rajkumar: yes
    • Stirpe: yes
    • Bendett: yes
    • Conrad: yes
    • Gonzalez-Rojas: yes
    • Maher: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Tague: yes
    • Benedetto: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Gray: yes
    • Mamdani: yes
    • Reilly: yes
    • Tannousis: yes
    • Berger: yes
    • Cruz: yes
    • Griffin: yes
    • Manktelow: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Tapia: yes
    • Bichotte Hermel: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Hawley: yes
    • McDonald: yes
    • Rivera: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Blankenbush: yes
    • Dais: yes
    • Hevesi: yes
    • McDonough: excused
    • Romero: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Blumencranz: yes
    • Davila: yes
    • Hooks: yes
    • McMahon: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Bologna: yes
    • De Los Santos: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Meeks: yes
    • Rozic: yes
    • Vanel: yes
    • Bores: yes
    • DeStefano: yes
    • Hyndman: yes
    • Mikulin: excused
    • Santabarbara: yes
    • Walker: yes
    • Brabenec: yes
    • Dilan: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Sayegh: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Braunstein: yes
    • Dinowitz: yes
    • Jacobson: yes
    • Mitaynes: yes
    • Schiavoni: yes
    • Weprin: yes
    • Bronson: yes
    • DiPietro: yes
    • Jensen: yes
    • Molitor: yes
    • Seawright: yes
    • Wieder: yes
    • Brook-Krasny: yes
    • Durso: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Morinello: yes
    • Sempolinski: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Brown EA: yes
    • Eachus: yes
    • Kassay: yes
    • Norber: yes
    • Septimo: yes
    • Woerner: yes
    • Brown K: yes
    • Eichenstein: yes
    • Kay: yes
    • Novakhov: yes
    • Shimsky: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Burdick: yes
    • Epstein: yes
    • Kelles: yes
    • O'Pharrow: excused
    • Shrestha: yes
    • Yeger: yes
    • Burke: yes
    • Fall: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Otis: yes
    • Simon: excused
    • Zaccaro: yes
    • Burroughs: yes
    • Fitzpatrick: yes
    • Lasher: yes
    • Palmesano: yes
    • Simone: yes
    • Zinerman: yes
    • Buttenschon: yes
    • Forrest: yes
    • Lavine: yes
    • Paulin: yes
    • Simpson: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: excused
  • Floor Vote

    2025-02-11 · pass · 39-22

    Member-level votes (63)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • April Baskin: yes
    • Jabari Brisport: yes
    • Samra Brouk: yes
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Cordell Cleare: yes
    • Leroy Comrie: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Patricia Fahy: yes
    • Nathalia Fernandez: yes
    • Michael Gianaris: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • Michelle Hinchey: yes
    • Brad Hoylman-Sigal: yes
    • Robert Jackson: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • Liz Krueger: yes
    • John Liu: yes
    • Rachel May: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Peter Oberacker: yes
    • Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Gustavo Rivera: yes
    • Robert Rolison: yes
    • Christopher Ryan: yes
    • Sean Ryan: yes
    • Julia Salazar: yes
    • James Sanders Jr.: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • José M. Serrano: yes
    • Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
    • Andrea Stewart-Cousins: yes
    • Lea Webb: yes
    • Jake Ashby: no
    • George Borrello: no
    • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: no
    • Stephen T. Chan: no
    • Simcha Felder: no
    • Patrick M. Gallivan: no
    • Joseph A. Griffo: no
    • Pamela Helming: no
    • Andrew J. Lanza: no
    • Monica Martinez: no
    • Jack M. Martins: no
    • Mario Mattera: no
    • Dean Murray: no
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: no
    • Robert Ortt: no
    • Steve Rhoads: no
    • James Skoufis: no
    • Dan Stec: no
    • James Tedisco: no
    • Mark Walczyk: no
    • William Weber: no
    • Alexis Weik: no
    • Zellnor Myrie: excused
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: excused

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