Bill Text: NY A02372 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Excludes a statement of apology or regret, made by a health care provider, as an admission of liability in a medical, dental or podiatric malpractice lawsuit.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to judiciary [A02372 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A02372-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2372 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 18, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, GUNTHER, SCHIMMINGER, FRIEND, GOODELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MAGEE, MONTESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to exclud- ing an apology statement as an admission of liability in a medical malpractice lawsuit The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a 2 new section 4549 to read as follows: 3 § 4549. Statement of apology or regret in medical, dental or podiatric 4 malpractice. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the 5 contrary, in any action for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice, 6 any communication or conduct by a health care provider expressing apolo- 7 gy or regret, made in good faith to a patient or a patient's relative is 8 inadmissible in any civil proceeding as an admission of liability or 9 against interest. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02856-01-7
