Senate Bill S9214

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the health care professional transparency act

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • 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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2023-S9214 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10009
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6511-a, amd §§6509 & 6530, Ed L

2023-S9214 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the health care professional transparency act; prohibits health care professionals from using deceptive or misleading advertising; establishes a public awareness campaign to improve transparency and understanding of information about health care practitioners.

2023-S9214 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9214 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9214
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 6, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  enacting  the  health
   care professional transparency act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "health care professional transparency act".
   § 2. The People of the State of New York hereby find and declare that:
   1.  There  are  numerous  professional  degrees  that include the term
 "doctor," such as  Doctor  of  Medicine  (M.D.);  Doctor  of  Osteopathy
 (D.O.);  Doctor  of  Osteopathic  Medicine;  Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery
 (D.D.S.); Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.); Doctor of Podiatric  Medi-
 cine  (D.P.M.);  Doctor  of  Optometry  (O.D.);  Doctor  of Chiropractic
 (D.C.); registered professional nurses or advanced  practice  registered
 nurses, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse
 midwives,  and  certified  nurse  anesthetists  with  doctorate  degrees
 (D.N.P., D.N.S., Ph.D., or Ed.D.); audiologists with  doctorate  degrees
 (A.U.D.);  speech-language pathologists with doctorate degrees (S.L.P.D.
 or Ph.D.); and other designations, which may  be  used  by  health  care
 practitioners; and
   2.  Each health care professional receives education and training that
 qualifies them to provide general and specialized services respectively.
 This training is necessary to correctly detect, diagnose,  prevent,  and
 treat serious health conditions.
   §  3.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6511-a to
 read as follows:
   § 6511-A. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TRANSPARENCY.  1. DEFINITIONS.  FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   A.  "ADVERTISEMENT"  MEANS  ANY  COMMUNICATION  OR  STATEMENT, WHETHER
 PRINTED, ELECTRONIC OR ORAL, THAT NAMES THE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER  IN
 RELATION  TO SUCH PRACTITIONER'S PRACTICE, PROFESSION, OR INSTITUTION IN
 WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL  IS  EMPLOYED,  VOLUNTEERS  OR  OTHERWISE  PROVIDES
 HEALTH  CARE  SERVICES.  ADVERTISEMENT  INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,
 BUSINESS CARDS, LETTERHEAD, PATIENT BROCHURES, E-MAIL, INTERNET,  SOCIAL
 MEDIA,  AUDIO AND VIDEO AND ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION OR STATEMENT USED IN
 THE COURSE OF BUSINESS OR WHERE THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL IS  UTILIZ-
              

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