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S04622 Summary:
| BILL NO | S04622B |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A08466-D |
| SPONSOR | HANNON |
| COSPNSR | ALESI, BALBONI, BONACIC, FUSCHILLO, HOFFMANN, LARKIN, LAVALLE, LIBOUS, MARCELLINO, MAZIARZ, MCGEE,MORAHAN, NOZZOLIO, RATH, SEWARD, SKELOS, SPANO, WRIGHT |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd S1750, add S1750-b, SCPA | |
| 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. | |