New York A 5355: Prohibits the release of personal medical records or information without a warrant or express written authorization of the individual

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A05355 Summary:

BILL NOA05355A

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS S01671-A

&nbsp

SPONSORTapia

&nbsp

COSPNSRMeeks, Shrestha, Kelles, Gallagher, Gonzalez-Rojas, Davila, Burroughs, Cruz, Taylor, Reyes,
 Forrest, Torres

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Add §12, amd §112, Cor L; amd §§50 & 61, Civ Serv L

&nbsp

Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to discipline certain employees for acts of serious misconduct; defines serious misconduct; establishes procedures for such disciplinary action; prohibits employees who have been removed for serious misconduct from being placed on the eligible list after such removal.

Go to top A05355 Actions:

BILL NOA05355A

&nbsp

02/13/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

05/12/2026amend and recommit to correction

05/12/2026print number 5355a

Go to topA05355 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topA05355 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA05355 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5355--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA, MEEKS, SHRESTHA, KELLES, GALLAGHER, GONZA-
 LEZ-ROJAS, DAVILA, BURROUGHS, CRUZ, TAYLOR, REYES, FORREST, TORRES --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Correction -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Correction in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
 sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the correction law and the civil service law, in
 relation to discipline of certain persons for serious misconduct

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

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 12 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 12. Discipline of certain serious misconduct. 1. Definitions. For
 4 the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
 5 ing meanings:
 6 (a) "serious misconduct" shall mean: an act of excessive use of force;
 7 an act of false reporting regarding one or more acts of excessive use of
 8 force; an intentional failure to report an act of excessive use of
 9 force; an inappropriate sexual relationship or contact with an incarcer-
 10 ated person or person under community supervision; or an intentional
 11 failure to report an inappropriate sexual relationship or contact with
 12 an incarcerated person or person under community supervision.
 13 (b) "employee" shall mean anyone employed by the department with the
 14 title of "correction officer" or "correction sergeant".
 15 2. Acts of misconduct. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
 16 when an employee is alleged to have committed an act of serious miscon-
 17 duct then the disciplinary process that may be applied to such employee
 18 shall be governed by the provisions of this section.
 19 3. Disciplinary action. A person holding a position as described in
 20 paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this subdivision shall not be removed from
 21 their position or otherwise subjected to any disciplinary penalty

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04463-03-6

 A. 5355--A 2

 1 authorized pursuant to this section; provided, however, that such person
 2 may be removed or otherwise subjected to a disciplinary penalty author-
 3 ized pursuant to this section for serious misconduct after a hearing
 4 upon stated charges pursuant to this section. This subdivision shall
 5 apply to:
 6 (a) a person holding a position by permanent appointment in the
 7 competitive class of the classified civil service; or
 8 (b) a person holding a position by permanent appointment or employment
 9 in the classified service of the state, who was honorably discharged or
 10 released under honorable circumstances from the armed forces of the
 11 United States, including (i) having a qualifying condition as defined in
 12 section one of the veterans' services law, and receiving a discharge
 13 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (ii) being
 14 a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans'
 15 services law, and receiving a discharge