Bill Text: NY S00880 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | 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: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S00880 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S00880-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 7, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
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.
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