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NY A06678
Bill
Status
3/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Grace Lee
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AI Summary
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Requires medical professionals to notify the Department of Health within 10 calendar days of being charged with a crime in any jurisdiction or of any event meeting the definitions of professional misconduct
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Reduces the response time for licensees to reply to Department of Health inquiries from 30 days to 10 days
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Adds sexual misconduct to the definition of professional misconduct, including verbal, written, or physical behavior of a sexual nature with no legitimate medical purpose that exploits the practitioner-patient relationship
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Expands harassment protections to include patients' caregivers and surrogates, not just patients
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Requires hospitals to report when they notify staffing agencies that a particular individual may not be assigned to provide services due to alleged impairment, incompetence, malpractice, or misconduct
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Extends summary action hearing timelines from 90 days to 120 days, and certain proceedings from 90 days to 180 days
Legislative Description
Requires notification of misconduct by medical professionals; requires medical professionals to notify the department of health within 10 days of being charged with a crime; includes verbal, written, or physical behavior of a sexual nature in the practice of medicine that has no legitimate medical purpose and/or that exploits the current or former practitioner-patient relationship in a sexual way in the definition of professional misconduct.
Last Action
referred to health
1/7/2026