Assembly Bill A7991

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to posting information on patients' reporting rights regarding professional misconduct involving sexual harassment and assault

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A7991 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6678
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §230, Pub Health L

2019-A7991 - Summary

Requires the office of professional medical conduct to post on its website information on patients' reporting rights regarding professional misconduct involving sexual harassment and assault; requires physicians' practice settings to post signage directing their patients to the office of professional medical conduct's website for information about their rights and how to report professional misconduct.

2019-A7991 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7991
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  posting  informa-
   tion  on  patients' reporting rights regarding professional misconduct
   involving sexual harassment and assault

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 11 of section 230 of the public health law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H) THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL  MEDICAL  CONDUCT  SHALL  POST  ON  ITS
 WEBSITE INFORMATION ON PATIENTS' RIGHTS AND REPORTING OPTIONS UNDER THIS
 SUBDIVISION  REGARDING PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT, WHICH SHALL SPECIFICALLY
 INCLUDE INFORMATION ON REPORTING INSTANCES OF MISCONDUCT INVOLVING SEXU-
 AL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT.   ALL DOCTOR'S  OFFICES  SHALL  CONSPICUOUSLY
 POST  SIGNAGE, VISIBLE TO THEIR PATIENTS, DIRECTING SUCH PATIENTS TO THE
 OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CONDUCT'S WEBSITE FOR  INFORMATION  ABOUT
 THEIR RIGHTS AND HOW TO REPORT PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13002-02-9

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2019-A7991A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6678
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §230, Pub Health L

2019-A7991A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of professional medical conduct to post on its website information on patients' reporting rights regarding professional misconduct involving sexual harassment and assault; requires physicians' practice settings to post signage directing their patients to the office of professional medical conduct's website for information about their rights and how to report professional misconduct.

2019-A7991A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7991--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, QUART, SAYEGH, MOSLEY, MORINELLO, ASHBY,
   L. ROSENTHAL,  JAFFEE,  GOTTFRIED,  HEVESI,  SIMON  --  read  once and
   referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Health in accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to posting informa-
   tion on patients' reporting rights regarding  professional  misconduct
   involving sexual harassment and assault
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 230 of the public health  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
   (H)  THE  OFFICE  OF  PROFESSIONAL  MEDICAL  CONDUCT SHALL POST ON ITS
 WEBSITE INFORMATION ON PATIENTS' RIGHTS AND REPORTING OPTIONS UNDER THIS
 SUBDIVISION REGARDING PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT, WHICH SHALL  SPECIFICALLY
 INCLUDE INFORMATION ON REPORTING INSTANCES OF MISCONDUCT INVOLVING SEXU-
 AL  HARASSMENT  AND  ASSAULT.    ALL PHYSICIANS' PRACTICE SETTINGS SHALL
 CONSPICUOUSLY POST SIGNAGE, VISIBLE TO THEIR  PATIENTS,  DIRECTING  SUCH
 PATIENTS  TO  THE  OFFICE  OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CONDUCT'S WEBSITE FOR
 INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND HOW TO  REPORT  PROFESSIONAL  MISCON-
 DUCT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13002-03-0

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