Restores medical futility as a basis for do not resuscitate orders.

New York's former do not resuscitate law allowed a surrogate to consent to a do not resuscitate order if the patient met certain clinical criteria, including a finding of medical futility. This bill restores medical futility as a basis for do not resuscitate orders. It amends the public health law and the surrogate's court procedure act to allow an attending physician to determine that resuscitation would be medically futile, defined as unsuccessful in restoring cardiac and respiratory function or repeated arrest before death.

Restores medical futility as a basis for do not resuscitate orders.

New York's former do not resuscitate law allowed a surrogate to consent to a do not resuscitate order if the patient met certain clinical criteria, including a finding of medical futility. This bill restores medical futility as a basis for do not resuscitate orders. It amends the public health law and the surrogate's court procedure act to allow an attending physician to determine that resuscitation would be medically futile, defined as unsuccessful in restoring cardiac and respiratory function or repeated arrest before death.