Bill Text: NY A06156 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6156 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Excludes a statement of apology or regret, made by a health care provider, as an admission of liability in a medical, dental or podiatric malpractice lawsuit.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to judiciary [A06156 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06156-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6156
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 16, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GALEF, LAVINE, GUNTHER, SCHIMMINGER, DUPREY,
         FRIEND, GOODELL -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  CORWIN,  MAGEE,
         MONTESANO,  TENNEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judi-
         ciary
       AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to exclud-
         ing an apology statement as an admission of  liability  in  a  medical
         malpractice lawsuit
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  The civil practice law and rules is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new section 4549 to read as follows:
    3    S 4549. STATEMENT OF APOLOGY OR REGRET IN MEDICAL, DENTAL OR PODIATRIC
    4  MALPRACTICE.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE
    5  CONTRARY, IN ANY ACTION FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL  OR  PODIATRIC  MALPRACTICE,
    6  ANY COMMUNICATION OR CONDUCT BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER EXPRESSING APOLO-
    7  GY OR REGRET, MADE IN GOOD FAITH TO A PATIENT OR A PATIENT'S RELATIVE IS
    8  INADMISSIBLE  IN  ANY  CIVIL  PROCEEDING AS AN ADMISSION OF LIABILITY OR
    9  AGAINST INTEREST.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03978-01-5