| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to codes |
| Feb 03, 2011 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S2907
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2011-S2907 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง130.00, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
-
S2560
2011-S2907 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2907
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the penal law, in relation to expanding the definition of health
care provider relating to sex offenses
PURPOSE:
To expand the definition of "health care provider," for the purposes
of consenting to a sexual act, to include nurses and x-ray technicians.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill adds professionals in the fields of nursing or
x-ray technology to the list of professions covered by the term
"health care provider."
Section 2 establishes the effective date of the act.
EXISTING LAW:
Currently, section 130.00(12) of the Penal Law defines "health care
provider" to be professionals in the fields of medicine,
chiropractic, dentistry, or podiatry.
2011-S2907 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2907
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 3, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sens. DeFRANCISCO, LARKIN, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to expanding the definition
of health care provider relating to sex offenses
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 12 of section 130.00 of the penal law, as added
by chapter 1 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
12. "Health care provider" means any person who is, or is required to
be, licensed or registered or holds himself or herself out to be
licensed or registered, or provides services as if he or she were
licensed or registered in the profession of medicine, chiropractic,
dentistry [or], NURSING, podiatry OR X-RAY TECHNOLOGY OR RADIOLOGIC
TECHNOLOGY under any of the following: article one hundred thirty-one,
one hundred thirty-two, one hundred thirty-three, ONE HUNDRED
THIRTY-NINE or one hundred forty-one of the education law OR ARTICLE
THIRTY-FIVE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03770-01-1
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