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A08466 Summary:
BILL NO | A08466D |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S04622-B |
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SPONSOR | Rules (Luster) |
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COSPNSR | Gottfried, Canestrari, Hoyt, Destito, Dinowitz, Koon, Aubry, Brown, Cohen A, Cohen M, Cook,Englebright, Espaillat, Galef, Gordon, Green, Jacobs, John, Kaufman, Lafayette, Lavelle, McEneny,Millman, Ortiz, Pheffer, Seddio, Sidikman, Tonko, Weisenberg |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd S1750, add S1750-b, SCPA | |
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Enacts the "health care decisions act for persons with mental retardation"; which provides for the certification, prior to the appointment of a guardian for a mentally retarded person, of whether such person has the capacity to make his or her own health care decisions; authorizes and regulates health care decision making by guardians on behalf of mentally retarded persons; requires guardians to make all decisions based upon the best interests of the mentally retarded person; authorizes guardians to withhold or withdraw life sustaining treatment under limited and restricted situations; provides for commencement of a special proceeding to challenge the determinations of guardians. |