S 10455 NY
Expands the definition of professional misconduct
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Summary
This New York bill expands the definition of professional misconduct in the Education Law. The bill defines as professional misconduct the refusal to provide professional services to a person referred for treatment by a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility or provider because the person declines elective services during the course of treatment. The definition includes an exception for situations where the declination would render treatment medically unsafe or violate professional standards of care. The bill takes effect immediately.
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Expands the definition of professional misconduct to include refusing to provide professional services to a person referred for treatment by a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility or provider because such person declines elective services during the course of treatment.
Sponsor (1)
- Peter Oberacker Republican · primary
Action history (1)
- May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION · upper
Text versions (2)
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S10455 Summary: BILL NO S10455   SAME AS SAME AS A10818
  SPONSOR OBERACKER   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §6509, Ed L   Expands the definition of professional misconduct to include refusing to provide professional services to a person referred for treatment by a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility or provider because such person declines elective services during the course of treatment.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10455
IN SENATE
May 15, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding the defi- nition of professional misconduct
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 6509 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 6-a to read as follows: 3 (6-a) Refusing to provide professional services to a person referred 4 for treatment by a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility 5 or provider because such person declines elective services during the 6 course of treatment, provided the declination does not render treatment 7 medically unsafe or violate professional standards of care, 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15097-01-6
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