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Jan 06, 2016 | referred to codes |
Jun 08, 2015 | reported referred to rules |
Jan 07, 2015 | referred to codes |
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Thomas Abinanti
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Richard Gottfried
A242 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S287
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Civil Practice Law and Rules
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง3102, CPLR
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010: A1254, S1514
2011-2012: A694, S3296
2013-2014: A2365, S1046
2017-2018: A1404, A9030, S243
2019-2020: A2370, S6194
2021-2022: A1490
2023-2024: A913
A242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 242 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to enact- ing the "patient privacy protection act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "patient privacy protection act". S 2. Section 3102 of the civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new subdivision (c-1) to read as follows: (C-1) EX-PARTE INTERVIEWS. IN ANY ACTION INVOLVING PERSONAL INJURY, MEDICAL, DENTAL OR PODIATRIC MALPRACTICE, OR WRONGFUL DEATH, NO PARTY OR ANYONE ACTING ON BEHALF OF A PARTY MAY EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CONDUCT EX-PARTE INTERVIEWS WITH THE TREATING PHYSICIANS OR OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS OF ANY OTHER PARTY. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL PROHIBIT AN ATTORNEY OR THE AGENT OR EMPLOYEE OF AN ATTORNEY WHO REPRES- ENTS THE PATIENT, THE ESTATE OF THE PATIENT, OR THE NATURAL OR DULY APPOINTED GUARDIAN OF THE PATIENT WHOSE CONDITION IS AT ISSUE IN THE ACTION FROM CONDUCTING EX-PARTE CONVERSATIONS WITH A TREATING PHYSICIAN OR OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OF THE PATIENT. S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law and shall apply to all actions involving personal injury, medical, dental or podiatric malpractice, or wrongful death filed on and after such date and to all such actions pending on such effective date except as to conduct prohibited by section two of this act which occurred prior to such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00087-01-5