New York S 555: Enacts "Renee's law" to provide greater protection and disclosure to employees of facilities where juvenile delinquents and youthful offenders are placed

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S00555 Summary:

BILL NOS00555 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06954

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSRADDABBO, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, LIU, MAY, RIVERA, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2806-c, Pub Health L; amd §50-c, Civ Rts L

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Relates to requiring a medical facility or related service to obtain express prior written consent before filming and/or broadcasting of visual images of a patient's medical treatment.

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BILL NOS00555 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/21/20251ST REPORT CAL.126

01/22/20252ND REPORT CAL.

01/27/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/26/2025PASSED SENATE

02/26/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/26/2025referred to health

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/27/20261ST REPORT CAL.166

01/28/20262ND REPORT CAL.

01/29/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/04/2026PASSED SENATE

02/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/05/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 555

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, ADDABBO, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, LIU, RIVERA, WEBB
 -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the civil rights law, in
 relation to prohibiting the making and/or broadcasting of visual
 images of individuals undergoing medical treatment without prior writ-
 ten consent

 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 section
 2 2806-c to read as follows:
 3 § 2806-c. Restrictions on broadcasting of patients. 1. Every patient
 4 in a health care facility in this state shall have the right to have
 5 privacy in treatment and in caring for personal needs, including the
 6 broadcasting of the recognizable image or speech of such patient
 7 involved in a health care procedure within the confines of such facili-
 8 ty, with the exception of broadcasting such image or speech for the
 9 purposes of advancing the health care treatment of the individual, a
 10 quality assurance program, the education or training of health care
 11 personnel, or necessary security purposes.
 12 2. Such privacy in treatment shall include the obtaining by the health
 13 care facility of express written consent on a separate document used
 14 solely for such purpose from an individual receiving treatment in such
 15 facility prior to broadcasting the recognizable image or speech of such
 16 patient involved in such treatment. In the case of broadcasting the
 17 recognizable image or speech for education or training of health care
 18 personnel, the patient shall have the right to know of and shall have
 19 the right to refuse the broadcasting for that purpose. A person legally
 20 authorized to make health care decisions for the patient or otherwise

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01710-01-5

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 1 authorized to consent may grant such consent or exercise such refusal if
 2 the patient cannot reasonably do so due to such patient's incapacity.
 3 3. For the purposes of this section:
 4 (a) "health care facility" shall mean a residential health care facil-
 5 ity, general hospital, free-standing ambulatory care facility, diagnos-
 6 tic and/or treatment center and clinic authorized under this article, or
 7 within an ambulance with all doors closed operated by an ambulance
 8 service as defined by subdivision two of section three thousand one of
 9 this chapter or by a voluntary ambulance service as defined by subdivi-
 10 sion three of section three thousand one of this chapter;
 11 (b) "quality assurance" shall mean any evaluation of services provided
 12 in or by a health care facility for purposes of improvement in safety,
 13 quality or outcomes;
 14 (c) "education or training of health care personnel" shall mean a
 15 program of education or training of health care personnel or students
 16 b