New York S08395 amends the public health law to extend the applicability of the Family Health Care Decisions Act to residents of mental hygiene.

New York S08395 amends the public health law to ensure that the Family Health Care Decisions Act applies to residents of mental hygiene hospitals who lack decision-making capacity. The bill specifies that in a general hospital or mental hygiene hospital, a health or social services practitioner must independently determine whether an adult patient lacks decision-making capacity if the surrogate's decision concerns the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment.

New York S08395 amends the public health law to extend the applicability of the Family Health Care Decisions Act to residents of mental hygiene.

New York S08395 amends the public health law to ensure that the Family Health Care Decisions Act applies to residents of mental hygiene hospitals who lack decision-making capacity. The bill specifies that in a general hospital or mental hygiene hospital, a health or social services practitioner must independently determine whether an adult patient lacks decision-making capacity if the surrogate's decision concerns the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment.