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S04622 Summary:

BILL NOS04622B
 
SAME ASSAME AS A08466-D
 
SPONSORHANNON
 
COSPNSRALESI, 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.
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