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A09042 Summary:

BILL NOA09042 

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SPONSORRosenthal

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Add Art 26-D §§440 - 443, Ag & Mkts L

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Requires veterinary clinics to file notice and documentation to the attorney general to determine if certain transactions would be against the public interest for veterinary care access prior to completing such transactions.

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BILL NOA09042 

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09/05/2025referred to agriculture

01/07/2026referred to agriculture

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9042

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 September 5, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Agriculture

 AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
 ing veterinary clinics to file notice and documentation to the attor-
 ney general before completing certain transactions

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

 1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
 2 article 26-D to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 26-D
 4 DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL CHANGES TO VETERINARY CLINICS
 5 Section 440. Definitions.
 6 441. Disclosure of material changes.
 7 442. Notice of material changes; requirements.
 8 443. Acquisitions of veterinary clinics against the public
 9 interest prohibited; determination.
 10 § 440. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 11 terms shall have the following meanings:
 12 1. "Veterinary clinic" or any other term used interchangeably in this
 13 article, including but not limited to "organization" (regardless of its
 14 organizational structure), "clinic", "provider", "practice", "veterinary
 15 provider", and "veterinary practice", means a health care entity involv-
 16 ing the practice of veterinary medicine, as defined by section sixty-
 17 seven hundred one of the education law, including small practices,
 18 groups, or management services organizations or similar entities provid-
 19 ing all or substantially all of the administrative or management
 20 services under contract with one or more veterinary or medical prac-
 21 tices. For the purposes of this section, "veterinary clinic" shall
 22 include professional services corporations incorporated for the purpose
 23 of practicing veterinary medicine or overseeing the operations thereof.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11436-03-5

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 1 2. "Against the public interest" means an action where the effect of a
 2 transaction includes, as determined by the attorney general, any of the
 3 following impacts:
 4 (a) reduced competition or increased costs for veterinary care to pet
 5 owners;
 6 (b) unfair methods of competition or deceptive acts or practices in or
 7 affecting veterinary care commerce;
 8 (c) reduced quality of care including, but not limited to, care which
 9 is not the standard of care or care which is not in the best interests
 10 of such provider's patients;
 11 (d) reduced access to or availability of veterinary care for pet
 12 owners; or
 13 (e) reduced access to care in a rural, low-income or disadvantaged
 14 community.
 15 3. "Material amount" means an amount equal to two hundred thousand
 16 dollars or more.
 17 4. "Material change" means any of the following:
 18 (a) the sale, transfer, lease, or other encumbrance of a material
 19 amount of a veterinary clinic's assets or operations, including real
 20 property, employment groups, emergency rooms, or other clinic units;
 21 (b) a merger, an acquisition, or a contracting affiliation with anoth-
 22 er vet clinic or provider organization; or
 23 (c) a capital distribution or similar reduction of a veterinary clin-
 24 ic's equity capital by a material amount or the incursion of an obli-
 25 gation that commits the veterinary clinic to make a capital distribution
 26 or similar reduction of equity by a material amount.
 27 5. "Merger" means a consolidation of two or more organization