Limits the identification of individuals who provide face-to-face care to or direct observation of a patient to their employee identification number, first name and first initial of last name when full name identification may place the personal safety of such individual in jeopardy.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11081
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 24, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the identification
of individuals who provide face-to-face care to or direct observation
of a patient
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 of
section 2803 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 618 of the
laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
(v) a right to be informed of the name, position, and functions of any
persons, including medical students and physicians exempt from New York
state licensure pursuant to section sixty-five hundred twenty-six of the
education law, who provide face-to-face care to or direct observation of
the patient, EXCEPT THAT A HOSPITAL SHALL LIMIT THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN
INDIVIDUAL, INCLUDING IN MEDICAL RECORDS PROVIDED TO THE PATIENT AT ANY
TIME, TO THEIR EMPLOYEE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, FIRST NAME AND FIRST
INITIAL OF LAST NAME WHEN FULL NAME IDENTIFICATION MAY PLACE THE
PERSONAL SAFETY OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL IN JEOPARDY;
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15367-01-6
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