New York Assembly Bill 8196

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on October 27 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-19 - print number 8196a
Pending: Assembly Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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.

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.

Asm. Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas [D]	Asm. Maryjane Shimsky [D]	Asm. Dana Levenberg [D]	Asm. Emily Gallagher [D]
Asm. John Zaccaro [D]	Asm. Grace Lee [D]	Asm. Stefani Zinerman [D]	Asm. Sarahana Shrestha [D]
Asm. Karines Reyes [D]	Asm. Steven Raga [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-19	Assembly	print number 8196a
2024-03-19	Assembly	amend and recommit to health
2024-01-03	Assembly	referred to health
2023-10-27	Assembly	referred to health

S07023 (Same As) 2024-05-29 - referred to health

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8196
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08196&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A08196
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08196&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A08196A