N.Y. PBH Law § 2988
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Requiring or prohibiting execution of proxy
Official statutory text
§ 2988. Requiring or prohibiting execution of proxy. No person may\nrequire or prohibit the execution of a health care proxy by an\nindividual as a condition for providing health care services or\ninsurance to such individual.\n
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