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NY S03661
Bill
Status
6/21/2017
Primary Sponsor
Kemp Hannon
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AI Summary
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Amends Public Health Law Section 2805-m to prohibit discovery of testimony from persons attending quality assurance and peer review committee meetings, except for statements made by parties to actions or proceedings reviewed at those meetings.
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Amends Education Law Section 6527 to extend the same testimony discovery prohibition to medical and dental malpractice prevention programs and incident reporting investigations under Mental Hygiene Law Section 29.29.
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Adds a new subdivision 50 to Education Law Section 6530 to establish that failure to reasonably cooperate and participate in good faith in quality assurance, incident reporting, and peer review programs constitutes professional misconduct.
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Protects records, documentation, and committee actions related to quality assurance and peer review activities from disclosure under Freedom of Information requirements and civil discovery rules.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Prohibits the disclosure and discovery of the testimony of a party to a health care quality assurance or peer review proceeding; further adds the failure to cooperate and participate in the quality assurance, reporting, activities, requirements and procedures covered under such discovery to the definition of professional misconduct.
Last Action
COMMITTED TO RULES
6/20/2018