New YorkA 95152025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Relates to requirements for the provision of medication for medical aid in dying

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Doctor duties and telehealth for aid-in-dying

Your attending doctor must confirm your diagnosis and capacity and give counseling on hospice and palliative care. They must refer you to a consulting doctor and a mental health professional when needed. The doctor may use telehealth instead of an in-person exam only if an in-person visit causes extraordinary hardship. Hardship can mean undue pain, very high travel cost, or major logistics. The doctor must document this in your record.

How to request aid-in-dying, with safeguards

You must make one oral and one written request to your attending doctor. The oral request is recorded and kept in your medical record. Two adult witnesses must watch you sign and attest you act freely and have capacity. Witnesses cannot be relatives, heirs, facility staff, your agents, your partner, or your clinicians. If you use an English form, a neutral interpreter must sign a declaration. A consulting doctor must also give written confirmation, and the form shows mental health confirmation.

Some facilities can decline, but must refer you

A private hospital, nursing home, residential facility, or hospice may ban aid-in-dying on its premises. It must have a formal religious or moral policy and tell you before admission or as soon as possible. It must offer options, refer you to a willing provider or facility, give required education, and document this in your record.

When and how aid-in-dying medicine is used

A pharmacy cannot fill the prescription until five days after it is written. Your doctor may allow an earlier fill if you are likely to die within five days. The prescription must show when it was written and the first time it can be filled. Only you may take the medicine. No one else may administer it.

Who qualifies and capacity checks for aid-in-dying

You must be a New York resident, age 18 or older, and under a doctor's care. A mental health professional must check and write if you have decision-making capacity. That professional must be a NY-licensed psychiatrist or neurologist, or a licensed psychologist. The capacity decision goes in your medical record. A "no capacity" finding only applies to this aid-in-dying decision.

State makes hospice and palliative guides

The health department makes easy-to-read, culturally appropriate hospice and palliative care guides. They are posted on the department website to download. If the guides are not ready, you still cannot be denied care.

Insurers cannot push aid-in-dying info

Your insurer or health plan cannot tell you about aid-in-dying unless you or your doctor asks. A denial letter for treatment cannot include aid-in-dying information. General coverage lists and answers to your request are allowed.

Breaking aid-in-dying rules risks discipline

Breaking the aid-in-dying law or its rules is professional misconduct. Licensed providers can face discipline under education law.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Amy Paulin
Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 34 • No: 28

House vote • 2/4/2026

FLOOR Vote