Assembly Bill A2284

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the health care professional transparency act

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A2284 (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
2021-2022: A4394

2023-A2284 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A2284 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   2284
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by  M.  of  A.  STIRPE,  FAHY,  HUNTER,  CRUZ,  MAGNARELLI,
   SEAWRIGHT, BUTTENSCHON,  DICKENS,  JACOBSON,  SAYEGH,  COOK,  DARLING,
   McDONOUGH, DeSTEFANO -- 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.
                                                            LBD01759-01-3
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