---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to allowing a person having a lawful order of custody of a child to make medical decisions for such child"
description: "Relates to allowing a person having a lawful order of custody of a child to make medical decisions for such child."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 1239"
citation: "New York A 1239 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JAFFEE"]
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/44a80cb1-9696-400f-8a5e-0a91c680ff1f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1239"
source_hash: "a9f6832ff20a595a1f3cf350b3a7730e9e1bb8660fc2ae228fc521e000611a94"
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 1239 (2019-2020) — Relates to allowing a person having a lawful order of custody of a child to make medical decisions for such child

Relates to allowing a person having a lawful order of custody of a child to make medical decisions for such child.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1239** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1239&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JAFFEE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED
- **2019-01-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.24
- **2019-02-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-02-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-02-11** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3248
- **2019-03-18** 3RD READING CAL.239
- **2019-03-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.623 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44a80cb1-9696-400f-8a5e-0a91c680ff1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).