Bill Text: NY A04988 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4988 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires informed consent for procedures done in the course of education or training.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-16 - signed chap.660 [A04988 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04988-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4988
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 6, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, JAFFEE, HEVESI, D'URSO,
          WOERNER,  SIMOTAS,  CRESPO, SEAWRIGHT, EPSTEIN, FAHY, WRIGHT, WALLACE,
          SIMON, FERNANDEZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, MIKULIN, M. L. MILLER -- read once  and
          referred to the Committee on Health
        AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to informed consent
          for procedures in the course of education or training
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  18-b to read as follows:
     3    § 18-b. Procedures in the course of education or training; consent. In
     4  the case of any health care procedure or examination, the fact  that  it
     5  is  performed  in the course of education or training shall not diminish
     6  the requirement for informed consent for the procedure or examination.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09034-01-9