New York Assembly Bill 7976

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on April 16 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-01-07 - referred to judiciary
Pending: Assembly Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes a penalty of not less than $1,000 for each intentional destruction, mutilation or significant alteration of a medical record by a party to a medical malpractice action, or by any officer, director, member, employee or agent of such party; establishes a cause of action on behalf of any person injured as the result of such destruction, mutilation or significant alteration; requires disclosure of metadata, audit trail, and log-in information associated with electronic medical records in certain actions.

Establishes a penalty of not less than $1,000 for each intentional destruction, mutilation or significant alteration of a medical record by a party to a medical malpractice action, or by any officer, director, member, employee or agent of such party; establishes a cause of action on behalf of any person injured as the result of such destruction, mutilation or significant alteration; requires disclosure of metadata, audit trail, and log-in information associated with electronic medical records in certain actions.

Asm. Patrick Carroll [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-01-07	Assembly	referred to judiciary
2025-04-16	Assembly	referred to judiciary

S05774 (Same As) 2026-01-07 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A7976
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A07976&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A07976