---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to health care decisions for adult patients without surrogates"
description: "Provides that health care decisions regarding routine medical treatment for adult patients without surrogates are not required to be reviewed by an ethics committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 1124"
citation: "New York A 1124 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOTTFRIED R"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-12-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37008ee3-18cc-4068-9cf4-3132799074b9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1124"
source_hash: "0f6f193695ae847df029603046013e162dcfcfe52548b0af6e05b6f8ba0f2b67"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 1124 (2019-2020) — Relates to health care decisions for adult patients without surrogates

Provides that health care decisions regarding routine medical treatment for adult patients without surrogates are not required to be reviewed by an ethics committee.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A1124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1124&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOTTFRIED R — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-14** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** REPORTED
- **2019-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.221
- **2019-05-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6356
- **2019-06-17** 3RD READING CAL.1452
- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.622 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37008ee3-18cc-4068-9cf4-3132799074b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).