New York S 6375: Removes the requirement that consent for the payment of certain medical services must occur after such services are administered

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S06375 Summary:

BILL NOS06375C

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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Amd §18-c, Pub Health L

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Removes the requirement that consent for the payment of certain medical services must occur after such services are administered; requires the superintendent of financial services and the commissioner of health to develop a uniform form for consent for payment; provides that any non-conforming form shall be prohibited and unenforceable.

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BILL NOS06375C

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03/12/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/13/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

05/13/2025PRINT NUMBER 6375A

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1267

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 6375B

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/07/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

05/07/2026PRINT NUMBER 6375C

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1236

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6375--C
 Cal. No. 1267

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit-
 tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
 mitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee,
 ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading,
 amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of
 third reading -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance
 with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to removing the
 requirement that consent for the payment of certain medical services
 must occur after such services are administered; and requires a
 uniform form for consent for payment

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

 1 Section 1. Section 18-c of the public health law, as added by section
 2 4 of part O of chapter 57 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 § 18-c. Separate patient consent for treatment and payment for health
 5 care services. Informed consent from a patient to provide any treatment,
 6 procedure, examination or other direct health care services shall be
 7 obtained separately from such patient's consent to pay for the services.
 8 [Consent to pay for any health care services by a patient shall not be
 9 given prior to the patient receiving such services and discussing treat-
 10 ment costs.] Any consent for payment shall be done utilizing a uniform
 11 form which shall be developed by the superintendent of financial
 12 services in conjunction with the commissioner. The uniform patient
 13 liability form shall not include language that requires patients to
 14 assume an unlimited amount of financial liability. Such form shall
 15 specify the patient is only liable for the cost of services actually
 16 provided. Such form shall include the following language: "I understand

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04626-08-6

 S. 6375--C 2

 1 that I may request a "good faith estimate" of any current or future
 2 visit, or procedure". Such good faith estimate shall be provided to
 3 patients upon request, subject to regulations developed by the super-
 4 intendent of financial services in conjunction with the commissioner.
 5 The consent for payment form shall be signed by a patient or their legal
 6 representative. A form that does not comply with this section shall be
 7 prohibited and unenforceable. For purposes of this section, "consent"
 8 means an action which: (a) clearly and conspicuously communicates the
 9 individual's authorization of an act or practice; (b) is made in the
 10 absence of any mechanism in the user interface that has the purpose or