Assembly BillIntroduced
A 1958: Grants authority to a hospice medical director or a physician designated by such director, to sign a death certificate.
What A 1958 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to expand the authority of a hospice medical director to sign a death certificate. Currently, the law requires a physician or nurse practitioner to sign the death certificate, but the law proposes to allow the hospice medical director or a designated physician to do so instead. This change is intended to provide more flexibility and autonomy to hospice care providers. The law would take effect immediately.
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Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Jan. 14, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 14, 2025 · 184 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1958 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, DAVILA, SAYEGH, LUCAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the authority of a hospice medical director to sign a death certificate The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 4141 of the 2 public health law, as amended by chapter 153 of the laws of 2011, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (a) The medical certificate shall be made, dated, and signed by the 5 physician or nurse practitioner, if any, last in attendance on the 6 deceased, or the hospice medical director or a physician designated by 7 such director. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05347-01-5
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