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NY S01855
Bill
Status
4/1/2025
Primary Sponsor
Gustavo Rivera
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AI Summary
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Requires medical experts consulting on misconduct investigations to disclose conflicts of interest (shared alma mater, hometown, relationships) and prohibits experts who are under investigation, have administrative warnings, or are on probation from serving as consultants
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Mandates the Board for Professional Medical Conduct adopt a zero-tolerance policy for sexual misconduct, including a statement that patients cannot consent to sexual conduct with their treating physician, and provide annual training on sexual misconduct for staff and investigators
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Establishes patient rights to request a family member or third-party chaperone during physical examinations, particularly breast, pelvic, genitalia, and rectal exams, with hospitals required to provide written statements of these rights at admission
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Adds sexual impropriety and physical sexual contact with patients as defined categories of professional misconduct in the Education Law, including verbal/physical behavior reasonably interpreted as sexual or demeaning
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Requires the State Board for Medicine to query the National Practitioner Data Bank for misconduct history when processing initial licensure applications and mandates fingerprint-based criminal history record checks for all applicants
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
referred to health
3/9/2026