S4306 (2025-26 session)

NY State bill

Requires patient hospital admissions form to allow a patient to designate a domestic partner with the same privileges as a next-of-kin respecting visitation and the authorizing of surgery for a patient in the absence and unavailability of a next-of-kin or nearest relative where the patient has given no specific instructions and becomes unable to execute a health care proxy or make decisions about their health care.

Title
Requires patient hospital admissions form to allow patient to designate a domestic partner with the same privileges as a next-of-kin respecting authorizing surgery
Type
New York State Senate bill
Session
2025-26 session
Status
In Assembly Committee
Latest action date
2026-06-02
In committee
Health
Introduced
2025-02-04
Law section
Public Health Law

Sponsors

Heard in committee

Committee meetings

Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.

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