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Feb 06, 2023 | advanced to third reading |
Feb 01, 2023 | 2nd report cal. |
Jan 31, 2023 | 1st report cal.242 |
Jan 04, 2023 | referred to health |
senate Bill S134
Sponsored By
Liz Krueger
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Joseph P. Addabbo Jr
(D) 15th Senate District
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
John C. Liu
(D) 16th Senate District
Gustavo Rivera
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
S134 (ACTIVE) - Details
S134 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S134 SPONSOR: KRUEGER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law and the civil rights law, in relation to prohibiting the making and/or broadcasting of visual images of individuals undergoing medical treatment without prior written consent PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Relates to requiring a medical facility to obtain express prior written consent before the making and/or broadcasting of visual images of a patient's medical treatment. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. Adds a new section 2806-c to the Public Health Law. Section 2806-c (1) provides that every patient in a health care facility shall have the right to privacy in treatment and in caring for personal
S134 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 134 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, ADDABBO, HOYLMAN, LIU, RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the civil rights law, in relation to prohibiting the making and/or broadcasting of visual images of individuals undergoing medical treatment without prior writ- ten consent THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2806-c to read as follows: § 2806-C. RESTRICTIONS ON BROADCASTING OF PATIENTS. 1. EVERY PATIENT IN A HEALTH CARE FACILITY IN THIS STATE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE PRIVACY IN TREATMENT AND IN CARING FOR PERSONAL NEEDS, INCLUDING THE BROADCASTING OF THE RECOGNIZABLE IMAGE OR SPEECH OF SUCH PATIENT INVOLVED IN A HEALTH CARE PROCEDURE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF SUCH FACILI- TY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BROADCASTING SUCH IMAGE OR SPEECH FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADVANCING THE HEALTH CARE TREATMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL, A QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM, THE EDUCATION OR TRAINING OF HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL, OR NECESSARY SECURITY PURPOSES. 2. SUCH PRIVACY IN TREATMENT SHALL INCLUDE THE OBTAINING BY THE HEALTH CARE FACILITY OF EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT ON A SEPARATE DOCUMENT USED SOLELY FOR SUCH PURPOSE FROM AN INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING TREATMENT IN SUCH FACILITY PRIOR TO BROADCASTING THE RECOGNIZABLE IMAGE OR SPEECH OF SUCH PATIENT INVOLVED IN SUCH TREATMENT. IN THE CASE OF BROADCASTING THE RECOGNIZABLE IMAGE OR SPEECH FOR EDUCATION OR TRAINING OF HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL, THE PATIENT SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW OF AND SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE THE BROADCASTING FOR THAT PURPOSE. A PERSON LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS FOR THE PATIENT OR OTHERWISE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01049-01-3
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