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NY A06245
Bill
Status
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Amanda Septimo
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AI Summary
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Expands confidentiality protections for medical quality assurance reviews, malpractice prevention programs, and incident investigations by removing the exception that previously allowed discovery of statements made by parties to an action who attended review meetings
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Amends Education Law section 6527 and Public Health Law section 2805-m to delete the word "not" from provisions that currently permit disclosure of statements by parties present at quality assurance or malpractice prevention meetings
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Protects statements made during hospital utilization review committee meetings, medical society review committees, and malpractice prevention program committees from being used in subsequent litigation
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Updates gendered language in the Education Law from "him/his" to "such individual/their" for gender neutrality
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Takes effect 180 days after becoming law
Legislative Description
Expands confidentiality provisions relating to certain investigations of medical or quality assurance or a medical or dental malpractice prevention program, to include statements made by any persons at such reviews who are a party to an action which was reviewed at such proceedings.
Last Action
referred to higher education
1/7/2026