Posts Tagged ‘health care decision’
Health Care Decision Making for Incapacitated People Who Have Not Signed a Health Care Proxy
February 5th, 2019 by David Goldfarb
Most People Should Sign A Health Care Proxy Form If you are like most people, it is a better idea to sign a health care proxy form rather than to rely on the laws of the State of New York to determine who would make health care decisions for you if you became mentally incapacitated. […]
The Family Health Care Decisions Act
February 4th, 2014 by David Goldfarb
A New Law Permits Health Care Decisions to Be Made For Incapacitated People in New York Who Have Not Signed a Health Care Proxy On March 16, 2010, Governor David Paterson signed into law the Family Health Care Decisions Act, effective June 1, 2010, which for the first time will permit family and/or friends to […]