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S08369 Summary:

BILL NOS08369 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSTAVISKY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6506, Ed L

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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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BILL NOS08369 

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06/05/2025REFERRED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1669

06/13/2025RECOMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.921

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/14/2026PASSED SENATE

05/14/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/14/2026referred to higher education

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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

 S. 8369 2

 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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