New York A03245 amends life-sustaining treatment standards for health care agents.
New York A03245 amends the public health law to change how health care agents make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatments. After consulting with healthcare professionals, agents must make decisions in line with the principal's wishes, including religious and moral beliefs. If the principal's wishes are unknown and cannot be determined, the agent must make decisions based on the principal's best interests. However, if the principal's wishes about artificial nutrition and hydration are unknown and cannot be determined, the agent cannot make decisions about these measures.
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