Assembly Bill A8148

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with the Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games sliding sports competitions

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2025-A8148 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7636
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education

2025-A8148 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with the Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games sliding sports competitions, Lake Placid 2026.

2025-A8148 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8148
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 2, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT in relation to  authorizing  certain  health  care  professionals
   licensed  to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state
   in connection with the Milan  Cortina  Winter  Olympic  Games  sliding
   sports competitions, Lake Placid 2026; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 any person who is licensed or  certified  as  a  physician,  physician's
 assistant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor, dentist,
 optometrist,  nurse,  nurse  practitioner, emergency medical technician,
 podiatrist, or athletic trainer, by a foreign  government,  may  provide
 professional  services  within  this  state without first being licensed
 pursuant to the provisions of title 8 of the education law or  certified
 pursuant  to the provisions in the public health law, as may be applica-
 ble, to the team athletes, coaches, staff  and  delegations  originating
 from  such  foreign  government,  in  connection  with the Milan Cortina
 Winter Olympic Games sliding sports competitions in  Lake  Placid  2026.
 Such  services shall be limited to athletes and personnel in relation to
 the Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games sliding sports competitions, Lake
 Placid 2026, between the dates of January  27,  2026  and  February  25,
 2026.
   §  2.  Any  person who is licensed or certified as a physician, physi-
 cian's assistant, massage therapist, physical  therapist,  chiropractor,
 dentist, optometrist, nurse, nurse practitioner, emergency medical tech-
 nician,  podiatrist,  or athletic trainer, in another state or territory
 who is in good standing in such state or territory,  and  who  has  been
 appointed  by  the  Olympic  Regional  Development  Authority to provide
 professional services at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games  sliding
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11768-02-5

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