A8196 (2023-24 session)
NY State bill
Strengthens protections for patients regarding sexual misconduct by medical providers; requires medical expert consultants involved in investigations disclose conflicts of interest and to not be under investigation, on warning, or on probation; requires a zero-tolerance policy to be adopted and training to be provided on sexual misconduct by the board for professional misconduct; includes provisions related to the right to have a chaperone; includes sexual misconduct in the definition of professional misconduct.
- Title
- Strengthens protections for patients regarding sexual misconduct by medical providers
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2023-24 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2024-03-19
- In committee
- Health
- Introduced
- 2023-10-27
- Active version
- A8196A
- Same as
- S7023
- Law section
- Public Health Law
Sponsors
- Jessica González-Rojas Assembly Member, District 34
Co-sponsors
Heard in committee
- Health NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S7023 (2023-24 session) NY State bill