NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7620

Senate Bill S7620

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes certain health care professionals licensed or certified by a foreign government or another state or territory to provide services in the state in connection with the 2025 Ryder Cup; provides for repeal

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

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2025-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education

2025-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a person who is licensed or certified as a physician, physician's assistant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor, dentist, optometrist, nurse, nurse practitioner, emergency medical technician, podiatrist or athletic trainer by a foreign government to provide professional services in this state to the team athletes, coaches, staff and delegations from such foreign government, in connection with the 2025 Ryder Cup; authorizes a person who is licensed or certified as a physician, physician's assistant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor, dentist, optometrist, nurse, nurse practitioner, emergency medical technician, podiatrist or athletic trainer in another state or territory, who is good standing in such state or territory and has been appointed by the PGA of America to provide professional services at an event in this state sanctioned by the PGA of America to provide professional services to team athletes, coaches, staff and delegations from such state or territory registered to train at a location in this state or to compete in an event conducted under the sanction of the PGA of America in this state, in relation to the 2025 Ryder Cup; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

2025-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7620

SPONSOR: MARTINEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to authorize certain health care professionals licensed or certi-
fied by a foreign government or by another state or territory to provide
professional services in this state in connection with the 2025 Ryder
Cup; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof

 
PURPOSE:

This authorizes certain medical professionals certified by a foreign
government or another state or territory to provide medical services
during the 2025 Ryder Cup Golf Competition.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Allows any person who is licensed or certified as a physician, physi-
cian's assistant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor,
dentist, optometrist, nurse, nurse practitioner,emergency medical tech-

nician, podiatrist or athletic trainer by a foreign government to
provide professional medical services within this state,without being
licensed,to the team athletes,coaches,staff and delegations originating
from such foreign government,relating to the 2025 Ryder Cup Golf Compe-
tition during the dates of September 22,2025, and September 29,2025.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Ryder Cup is a golf competition between teams from Europe and the
United States, with hosting duties alternating between venues in Europe
and the United States for each edition. For the 2025 Ryder Cup, the
competition will be held in New York. Sporting organizations such as
Ryder Cup often provide their athletes and related staff with their own
medical providers to monitor the health of their athletes before,
during, and after the event. Because these medical professionals may
come from the same countries or states that the players come from, these
professionals are often licensed by other states, countries, or territo-
ries. Despite the state of New York having its own licensure standards
and requirements, the state typically grants these medical professionals
temporary authorization to practice in New York within their scope of
practice to provide support medical services necessary for the safe
functioning of the event.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect September 22, 2025, and shall expire and be
deemed repealed September 29, 2025.

2025-S7620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7620
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to authorize certain health care professionals licensed or certi-
   fied by a foreign government or  by  another  state  or  territory  to
   provide  professional  services  in  this state in connection with the
   2025 Ryder Cup; and providing for the repeal of such  provisions  upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 any person who is licensed or  certified  as  a  physician,  physician's
 assistant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor, dentist,
 optometrist,  nurse,  nurse  practitioner, emergency medical technician,
 podiatrist or athletic trainer  by  a  foreign  government  may  provide
 professional  services  within  this  state without first being licensed
 pursuant to the provisions of title 8 of the education law or  certified
 pursuant  to the provisions in the public health law, as may be applica-
 ble, to the team athletes, coaches, staff  and  delegations  originating
 from  such  foreign  government,  in connection with the 2025 Ryder Cup.
 Such services shall be limited to athletes and personnel in relation  to
 the 2025 Ryder Cup, between the dates of September 22, 2025, and Septem-
 ber 29, 2025.
   §  2.  Any person who is licensed or certified to practice as a physi-
 cian, physician's  assistant,  massage  therapist,  physical  therapist,
 chiropractor, dentist, optometrist, nurse, nurse practitioner, emergency
 medical  technician,  podiatrist or athletic trainer in another state or
 territory, who is in good standing in such state or territory,  and  who
 has  been  appointed  by  the  PGA  of  America  to provide professional
 services at an event in this state sanctioned by the PGA of America, may
 provide such professional services to team athletes, coaches, staff  and
 delegations  from  such  state  or  territory  registered  to train at a

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11772-01-5

 S. 7620                             2
 
 location in this state or registered to compete in  an  event  conducted
 under  the  sanction  of  the PGA of America in this state without first
 being licensed pursuant to the provisions of title 8  of  the  education
 law or certified pursuant to the provisions of the public health law, as
 may  be  applicable.  Such  services  shall be limited to team athletes,
 coaches, staff and delegations  in  relation  to  the  2025  Ryder  Cup,
 between the dates of September 22, 2025, and September 29, 2025.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect September 22, 2025, and shall expire
 and be deemed repealed September 29, 2025.

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