NY A 916

enacted

Relates to guardians and health care agents

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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: —
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-02-14 — SIGNED CHAP.29
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

2025-01-08
REFERRED TO HEALTH
referral-committee
2025-01-14
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
referral-committee
2025-01-14
REPORTED
2025-01-14
RULES REPORT CAL.17
2025-01-14
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.17
2025-01-22
PASSED ASSEMBLY
passage
2025-01-22
DELIVERED TO SENATE
2025-01-22
REFERRED TO RULES
referral-committee
2025-02-11
SUBSTITUTED FOR S788
2025-02-11
3RD READING CAL.62
2025-02-11
PASSED SENATE
passage
2025-02-11
RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2025-02-12
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
executive-receipt
2025-02-14
SIGNED CHAP.29
executive-signature

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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

Related bills

Companion bill: S 788

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