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A01356 Summary:

BILL NOA01356 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00359

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSROtis, Simone, Hevesi, Gonzalez-Rojas, Burdick, Seawright, Epstein, Weprin, Hunter, Stirpe, Shimsky,
 Levenberg, Glick, Reyes, De Los Santos, McDonough, Simon, Forrest, Rosenthal, Raga, Bichotte
 Hermelyn, Shrestha, Kelles, Lee, Moreno

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 51 §5100, Pub Health L

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Prohibits state-operated hospitals from suing patients for medical debt; defines "medical debt".

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BILL NOA01356 

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01/09/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1356

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, OTIS, SIMONE, HEVESI, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
 BURDICK, SEAWRIGHT, EPSTEIN, WEPRIN, HUNTER, STIRPE, SHIMSKY, LEVEN-
 BERG, GLICK, REYES, DE LOS SANTOS, McDONOUGH, SIMON, FORREST, ROSEN-
 THAL, MAMDANI, RAGA, BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting state-
 operated hospitals from suing patients for medical debt

 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 article 51
 2 to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 51
 4 PROHIBITION ON STATE-OPERATED HOSPITALS SUING PATIENTS FOR
 5 MEDICAL DEBT
 6 Section 5100. Prohibition on state-operated hospitals suing patients for
 7 medical debt.
 8 § 5100. Prohibition on state-operated hospitals suing patients for
 9 medical debt. 1. No state university health care facility authorized
 10 under article eight of the education law, cancer institute authorized
 11 under article ten-C of the public authorities law, or hospital author-
 12 ized under section twenty-six hundred of this chapter shall pursue liti-
 13 gation in civil or supreme court against a patient for the pursuit of a
 14 medical debt.
 15 2. For the purposes of this section, the term "medical debt" shall
 16 mean an obligation or alleged obligation of a consumer to pay any amount
 17 related to the receipt of health care services, products, or devices
 18 provided to a person by a hospital licensed under article twenty-eight
 19 of this chapter, a health care professional authorized under title eight
 20 of the education law or an ambulance service certified under article
 21 thirty of this chapter.
 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00559-01-5

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