New York S 5546: Relates to general hospital and safety net hospital reimbursement and Medicaid adjustments

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S05546 Summary:

BILL NOS05546B

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRCLEARE, GOUNARDES

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd CPLR, generally; amd §§301, 401, 1911 & 2101, NYC Civ Ct Act; amd §212, Judy L; amd §1911, UCCA; amd
§1911, UDCA; amd §1911, UJCA

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Relates to action arising out of consumer debt; defines consumer debt and replaces consumer credit transaction with such term.

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BILL NOS05546B

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02/24/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

05/22/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

05/22/2025PRINT NUMBER 5546A

10/01/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY

10/01/2025PRINT NUMBER 5546B

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5546--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, CLEARE, GOUNARDES -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee

 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, the New York city
 civil court act, the judiciary law, the uniform city court act, the
 uniform district court act and the uniform justice court act, in
 relation to redefining consumer credit transaction to consumer debt

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

 1 Section 1. Section 105 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
 2 by adding a new subdivision (f-1) to read as follows:
 3 (f-1) Consumer debt. The term "consumer debt" means any obligation or
 4 alleged obligation, whether contingent or absolute, of any natural
 5 person to pay money arising out of a transaction in which the money,
 6 property, insurance or services which are the subject of the transaction
 7 are primarily for personal, family or household purposes, whether or not
 8 such obligation has been reduced to judgment, including, but not limited
 9 to, a consumer credit transaction, as defined in subdivision (f) of this
 10 section and medical debt, as referenced in section two hundred thir-
 11 teen-d of this chapter. "Consumer debt" shall not include obligation or
 12 alleged obligation to pay money secured by real property, nor shall it
 13 include an obligation or alleged obligation to pay money when sought
 14 within a summary proceeding to recover possession of real property under
 15 article seven of the real property actions and proceedings law.
 16 § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 301 of the New York city civil court
 17 act, as amended by chapter 238 of the laws of 1973, is amended to read
 18 as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00514-06-5

 S. 5546--B 2

 1 (a) in an action arising out of a [consumer credit transaction]
 2 consumer debt where a purchaser, borrower, or a debtor is a defendant,
 3 if a defendant resides in the city of New York, or if such transaction
 4 took place therein, in the county in which a defendant resides at the
 5 commencement thereof or in the county in which such transaction took
 6 place, and in all other cases, in the county in which one of the parties
 7 resides at the commencement thereof; or
 8 § 3. Subdivision (d) of section 401 of the New York city civil court
 9 act, as added by chapter 302 of the laws of 1970, is amended to read as
 10 follows:
 11 (d) The summons served in an action arising from a [consumer credit
 12 transaction] consumer debt must be printed legibly in both Spanish and
 13 English.
 14 § 4. Subdivisions (b-1) and (n) of section 1911 of the New York city
 15 civil court act, as added by section 3 of part K of chapter 56 of the
 16 laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows:
 17 (b-1) Upon filing the first paper in an action or proceeding arising
 18 out of a [consumer credit transaction] consumer debt as defined in
 19 subdivision [(f)