Assembly Bill A4394

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Enacts the health care professional transparency act

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A4394 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6511-a, amd §§6509 & 6530, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7889
2015-2016: A7129
2017-2018: A560
2019-2020: A1154
2023-2024: A2284

2021-A4394 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the health care professional transparency act; prohibits health care professionals from using deceptive or misleading advertising.

2021-A4394 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4394
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE, ABINANTI, FAHY, HUNTER, CRUZ, MAGNARELLI,
   SEAWRIGHT,  BUTTENSCHON,  DICKENS,  MONTESANO,  McDONOUGH,  DeSTEFANO,
   JACOBSON, SAYEGH, COOK, DARLING -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
   RAMOS,  SIMON  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on Higher
   Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  enacting  the  health
   care professional transparency 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 "health care professional transparency act".
   §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6511-a to
 read as follows:
   § 6511-A. HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TRANSPARENCY.  1. DEFINITIONS.  FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   A.  "ADVERTISEMENT"  MEANS  ANY  COMMUNICATION  OR  STATEMENT, WHETHER
 PRINTED, ELECTRONIC OR ORAL, THAT NAMES THE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER  IN
 RELATION TO HIS OR HER PRACTICE, PROFESSION, OR INSTITUTION IN WHICH THE
 INDIVIDUAL  IS  EMPLOYED,  VOLUNTEERS  OR OTHERWISE PROVIDES HEALTH CARE
 SERVICES. ADVERTISEMENT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, BUSINESS CARDS,
 LETTERHEAD, PATIENT BROCHURES, E-MAIL, INTERNET, AUDIO AND VIDEO AND ANY
 OTHER COMMUNICATION OR STATEMENT USED IN THE COURSE OF BUSINESS.
   B. "DECEPTIVE" OR "MISLEADING" MEANS,  BUT  IS  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  ANY
 ADVERTISEMENT   OR  AFFIRMATIVE  COMMUNICATION  OR  REPRESENTATION  THAT
 MISSTATES, FALSELY DESCRIBES, HOLDS OUT OR FALSELY  DETAILS  THE  HEALTH
 CARE  PRACTITIONER'S PROFESSION, SKILLS, TRAINING, EXPERTISE, EDUCATION,
 BOARD CERTIFICATION OR LICENSURE.
   C. "HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS  LICENSED,  CERTI-
 FIED  OR  REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE AND WHO PROVIDES HEALTH CARE
 SERVICES SUCH AS PROVIDING DIRECT CLINICAL SERVICES FOR THE  BENEFIT  OF
 THE HEALTH AND/OR MENTAL HEALTH OF A PATIENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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