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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S08369 Summary: BILL NO S08369 &nbsp SAME AS No Same As &nbsp SPONSOR STAVISKY &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Amd §6506, Ed L &nbsp Grants access to patient or client records for the Board of Professional Medical Conduct for the purpose of investigation and prosecution of professional licensing and misconduct proceedings.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

8369

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

June 5, 2025 ___________

Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- (at request of the State Education Department) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to access to patient or client records in the investigation and prosecution of professional licensing and misconduct proceedings

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 6506 of the education law, as 2 amended by chapter 866 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 (8) Designate a professional conduct officer, who shall be the chief 5 administrative officer of the office of the professions, or [ his ] such 6 chief administrative officer's designee, in connection with professional 7 licensing and misconduct proceedings and criminal matters, such officer 8 to be empowered to issue subpoenas and administer oaths in connection 9 with such proceedings . Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 10 contrary, such professional conduct officer, or such professional 11 conduct officer's representatives, may examine and obtain unredacted 12 records of patients or clients in the possession of any health care 13 facility which treated the patients or clients or the professional 14 office of a licensed professional who treated the patients or clients 15 without the consent of the patients or clients in connection with any 16 investigation or proceeding conducted by the department under this title 17 where such investigation or proceeding is in response to a complaint 18 alleging conduct constituting professional misconduct pursuant to this 19 title. Such records shall be confidential during the course of such 20 investigation and during the course of any proceeding or conference 21 conducted by the department and shall not be further disclosed to anyone 22 not authorized by the department to participate in such investigation, 23 proceeding, or conference unless express consent is obtained from the

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08180-01-5

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1 patient or client. The name of such patient or client shall not be 2 disclosed in any such investigation, conference, or proceeding unless 3 the patient or client has expressly consented or unless authorized by 4 law. Any other use or dissemination of information from such records by 5 any person by any means, unless it is pursuant to a valid court order or 6 otherwise authorized by law, shall be prohibited ; 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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