New York Senate Bill 6991 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on May 21 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-05-17 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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.

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.

Sen. Gustavo Rivera [D]	Sen. Alessandra Biaggi [D]	Sen. Samra Brouk [D]	Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal [D]
Sen. Liz Krueger [D]	Sen. Zellnor Myrie [D]	Sen. Julia Salazar [D]	Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]

2022-05-17 - Senate - Senate Finance Committee Vote (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-05-09 - Senate - Senate Health Committee Vote (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-05-17	Senate	REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
2022-05-11	Senate	REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
2022-05-04	Senate	PRINT NUMBER 6991A
2022-05-04	Senate	AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH
2022-01-05	Senate	REFERRED TO HEALTH
2021-05-21	Senate	REFERRED TO HEALTH

A08068 (Same As) 2022-01-05 - referred to health

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6991
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S06991&term=2021&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S06991
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S06991&term=2021&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S06991A
Roll Call	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6991#SC1
Roll Call	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6991#SC2