Int 0969-2026

Introduction

This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to educate the public on a person’s ability to appoint a health care agent and a personal representative (executor) of their estate before that person undergoes a high-risk medical procedure. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene would inform the public that a health care agent or personal representative of an estate need not be a relative, and can instead be a friend or other trusted individual. The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene would also encourage health care providers to share this information with patients before a high-risk medical procedure, and report on the actions taken to do so no later than one year after the effective date.

Title
Public education campaign on appointing a health care agent and personal representative of an estate before high-risk medical procedures.
Type
Introduction
Status
Committee
Committee
Committee on Health
Introduced
2026-07-16

Heard in committee

Sponsors

Money behind the sponsors

Money spent in the sponsors' 2025 election races, not on this bill. Outside spending is independent of the campaigns; PAC gifts went directly to a sponsor's campaign. NYC Campaign Finance Board.

Shared backers of the sponsors

Lobbying clients, PACs, or outside spenders tied to more than one of this bill's sponsors — through lobbying that named them, PAC gifts to their campaigns, or outside spending in their races. About the sponsors' money and lobbying, not a claim about this bill.

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