New York 2025 Session Status: Introduced

S788 — Relates to guardians and health care agents

Last action — Senate Floor Calendar

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced January 08, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

  • Introduced

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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Summary

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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. SUBSTITUTED BY A916

  2. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.62

  3. REFERRED TO RULES

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 218 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (218)

218 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Committee vote — Rules

Passed 15 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15600
Total 15600
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Andrea Stewart-Cousins — Yea
Andrew J. Lanza — Nay
Brad Hoylman-Sigal — Yea
Dan Stec — Nay
Jamaal Bailey — Yea
John Liu — Yea
Joseph A. Griffo — Nay
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — Yea
Kevin S. Parker — Yea
Leroy Comrie — Yea
Liz Krueger — Yea
Luis R. Sepúlveda — Yea
Michael Gianaris — Yea
Nathalia Fernandez — Yea
Pamela Helming — Yea
Patrick M. Gallivan — Nay
Pete Harckham — Yea
Robert Ortt — Nay
Shelley Mayer — Yea
Thomas F. O'Mara — Nay
Zellnor Myrie — Yea

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Subjects

healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does S788 do?
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 S788?
S788 is sponsored by Gustavo Rivera.
What is the current status of S788?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced January 08, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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