New YorkStrengthens protections for patients regarding sexual misconduct by medical providers
What it does
Strengthens protections for patients regarding sexual misconduct by medical providers; requires medical expert consultants involved in investigations disclose conflicts of interest and to not be under investigation, on warning, or on probation; requires a zero-tolerance policy to be adopted and training to be provided on sexual misconduct by the board for professional misconduct; includes provisions related to the right to have a chaperone; includes sexual misconduct in the definition of professional misconduct.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 9REFERRED TO HEALTHLatest
- Vote recorded Floor Vote. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 9DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- Mar 9PASSED SENATEPassed 2nd Chamber
- Feb 26ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- Feb 252ND REPORT CAL.
- Feb 241ST REPORT CAL.387
- Vote recorded Health Vote. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 7REFERRED TO HEALTHMinor
- Jan 7RETURNED TO SENATE
- Jan 7DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- Mar 9REFERRED TO HEALTHLatest
- 2025
- Apr 1REFERRED TO HEALTHMinor
- Vote recorded Floor Vote. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 1DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- Apr 1PASSED SENATEPassed 1st Chamber
- Feb 25ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- Feb 242ND REPORT CAL.
- Feb 121ST REPORT CAL.353
- Vote recorded Health Vote. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 14REFERRED TO HEALTHIntroduced
- Apr 1REFERRED TO HEALTHMinor