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Assembly Bill A10022A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires certain health care providers to disclose their disciplinary status to current and new patients

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2025-A10022 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1476
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §230, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7241

2025-A10022 - Summary

Requires certain health care providers to disclose disciplinary status to current and new patients.

2025-A10022 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10022
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring certain
   health care providers to disclose the fact that  the  provider  is  on
   probation to current and new patients
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 230 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20.  (A) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION:
   (I) "HEALTH CARE REPRESENTATIVE" MEANS A HEALTH CARE AGENT  DESIGNATED
 BY  AN ADULT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE-C OF THIS CHAPTER, A HEALTH
 CARE SURROGATE SELECTED TO MAKE A HEALTH CARE DECISION ON  BEHALF  OF  A
 PATIENT  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR-D OF THIS
 CHAPTER, A GUARDIAN AUTHORIZED TO DECIDE ABOUT HEALTH CARE  PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE  EIGHTY-ONE  OF  THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, OR A GUARDIAN APPOINTED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-B OF THE  SURROGATE'S  COURT
 PROCEDURE ACT; AND
   (II) "HEALTH CARE" MEANS ANY TREATMENT, SERVICE, OR PROCEDURE TO DIAG-
 NOSE OR TREAT AN INDIVIDUAL'S PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITION.
   (B)  EXCEPT  AS  PROVIDED  BY  PARAGRAPH  (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE
 OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CONDUCT SHALL REQUIRE A LICENSEE WHO  HAS
 BEEN  FOUND  TO  HAVE COMMITTED MISCONDUCT BY THE BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL
 MEDICAL CONDUCT OR FOUND GUILTY OF A CRIME OR LIABLE OF AN OFFENSE IN  A
 COURT  OF  LAW PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO DISCLOSE
 THE FOLLOWING TO CURRENT OR NEW PATIENTS OR THE  PATIENT'S  HEALTH  CARE
 REPRESENTATIVE  ON  A  SEPARATE  WRITTEN DOCUMENT: THEIR STATUS WITH THE
 OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CONDUCT OR  FROM  A  COURT  OF  LAW;  THE
 LENGTH AND EXPIRATION DATE OF ANY PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH FINDING
 OF MISCONDUCT; THE CAUSE OR CAUSES FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION STATED IN THE
 ORDER ISSUED BY THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CONDUCT OR A COURT OF
 LAW  OR  IN THE ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF SUMMARY SUSPENSION SIGNED BY THE
 COMMISSIONER; ALL PRACTICE RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON THE  LICENSEE  BY  THE
 OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CONDUCT OR A COURT OF LAW; THE ADDRESS OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2025-A10022A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1476
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §230, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7241

2025-A10022A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain health care providers to disclose disciplinary status to current and new patients.

2025-A10022A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10022--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Higher  Education  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  certain
   health care providers to disclose their disciplinary status to current
   and new patients

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 230 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20.  (A) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION:
   (I) "HEALTH CARE REPRESENTATIVE" MEANS A HEALTH CARE AGENT  DESIGNATED
 BY  AN ADULT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE-C OF THIS CHAPTER, A HEALTH
 CARE SURROGATE SELECTED TO MAKE A HEALTH CARE DECISION ON  BEHALF  OF  A
 PATIENT  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR-D OF THIS
 CHAPTER, A GUARDIAN AUTHORIZED TO DECIDE ABOUT HEALTH CARE  PURSUANT  TO
 ARTICLE  EIGHTY-ONE  OF  THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, OR A GUARDIAN APPOINTED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-B OF THE  SURROGATE'S  COURT
 PROCEDURE ACT; AND
   (II) "HEALTH CARE" MEANS ANY TREATMENT, SERVICE, OR PROCEDURE TO DIAG-
 NOSE OR TREAT AN INDIVIDUAL'S PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITION.
   (B)  EXCEPT  AS  PROVIDED  BY  PARAGRAPH  (E) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE
 OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CONDUCT SHALL REQUIRE A LICENSEE WHO  HAS
 BEEN  FOUND TO HAVE COMMITTED MISCONDUCT BY OR ENTERED INTO A STIPULATED
 SETTLEMENT WITH THE BOARD FOR  PROFESSIONAL  MEDICAL  CONDUCT  OR  FOUND
 GUILTY  OF A CRIME OR LIABLE OF AN OFFENSE IN A COURT OF LAW PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, OR IF A  SUMMARY  SUSPENSION  AGAINST
 THE LICENSEE HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO DISCLOSE THE FOLLOW-
 ING  TO  CURRENT  OR NEW PATIENTS OR THE PATIENT'S HEALTH CARE REPRESEN-
 TATIVE ON A SEPARATE WRITTEN DOCUMENT: THEIR STATUS WITH THE  OFFICE  OF
 PROFESSIONAL  MEDICAL  CONDUCT  OR  FROM  A COURT OF LAW; THE LENGTH AND
 EXPIRATION DATE OF ANY PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH FINDING OF MISCON-
 DUCT; THE CAUSE OR CAUSES FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION STATED  IN  THE  ORDER
 ISSUED  BY  THE BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CONDUCT OR A COURT OF LAW
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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