Public Health Law § 2994-mm · Article 29-CCCC. Care Act (caregiver Advise, Record and Enable Act)
Effect on other rights
Text — Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 2994-mm. Effect on other rights. 1. Nothing in this article shall be construed to interfere with the rights of an agent operating under a valid health care directive created under section twenty-nine hundred eighty-two of this chapter.
2. Nothing in this article shall be construed to create a new private right of action not otherwise existing in law against a hospital or any of its directors, trustees, officers, employees or agents, or any contractors with whom a hospital has a contractual relationship.
3. A hospital, any of its directors, trustees, officers, employees or agents, or any contractors with whom a hospital has a contractual relationship shall not be held liable, provided it has complied with this article and acted reasonably and in good faith, for the services rendered or not rendered by the caregiver to the patient at the patient's residence.
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- Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
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