New York A 2613: Relates to the establishment of reduced residential rates for electric and natural gas service to low-income customers

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A02613 Summary:

BILL NOA02613A

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SAME ASSAME AS S01633-B

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SPONSORLunsford

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COSPNSRTapia, Levenberg, Gallagher, Lasher, Carroll R, Simon, Glick, Simone, Steck, Kassay, Torres,
 Gonzalez-Rojas, Burroughs, Rosenthal, Hevesi, Lavine, Reyes, McDonald, Seawright, Bronson, Kelles,
 Lee, Shimsky, Griffin, Otis, Cashman, Burdick, Clark, Barrett, Cunningham, McMahon, Zaccaro,
 Powers, Jacobson, Stern

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§25 & 26, Pub Health L

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Provides additional protections for sensitive health information; requires all health information networks, electronic health record systems, and health care providers to provide patients with a right to restrict the disclosures of such patient's health information; defines terms; provides for exceptions.

Go to top A02613 Actions:

BILL NOA02613A

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01/21/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

04/22/2026amend (t) and recommit to health

04/22/2026print number 2613a

04/28/2026reported 

04/30/2026advanced to third reading cal.400

Go to topA02613 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:HEALTH Chair:Paulin 
DATE:04/28/2026AYE/NAY:17/8 Action: Favorable PaulinAyeJensenNay

DinowitzAyeGandolfoNay

RosenthalAyeBlumencranzNay

HevesiAyeGrayNay

SteckAyeSlaterNay

BraunsteinAyeChludzinskiNay

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberNay

SayeghAyeDursoNay

McDonaldAye

ReyesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

RajkumarAye

ForrestAye

KellesAye

LucasAye

MeeksExcused

LunsfordAye

CruzAye

Go to topA02613 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA02613 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2613--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD, TAPIA, LEVENBERG, GALLAGHER, LASHER,
 R. CARROLL, SIMON, GLICK, SIMONE, STECK, KASSAY, TORRES, GONZALEZ-RO-
 JAS, BURROUGHS, ROSENTHAL, HEVESI, LAVINE, REYES, McDONALD, SEAWRIGHT,
 BRONSON, KELLES, LEE, SHIMSKY, GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing addi-
 tional protections for sensitive health information and requiring all
 health information networks, electronic health records systems, and
 health care providers to provide patients with a right to restrict the
 disclosures of such patient's health information

 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 two new sections
 2 25 and 26 to read as follows:
 3 § 25. Privacy of information disclosed through health information
 4 networks. 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
 5 (a) "Business associate" shall have the same meaning as set forth in
 6 45 CFR 160.103.
 7 (b) "Codified sensitive information" means patient information that,
 8 by associated standard codes commonly used in the exchange of patient
 9 information including, but not limited to ICD-10 or SNOMED, can be iden-
 10 tified as sensitive information in accordance with subdivision three of
 11 this section.
 12 (c) "Disclosure" means the release, transfer, provision of access to,
 13 or divulging in any manner of information outside the entity that deliv-
 14 ered the health care and the patient who received the care, and such
 15 term shall not include any of the exceptions set forth in the definition

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04417-07-6

 A. 2613--A 2

 1 of "disclosure to any other person" as defined in paragraph (e) of
 2 subdivision one of section eighteen of this chapter.
 3 (d) "Electronic health records system" means any entity operating in
 4 the state of New York that electronically stores or maintains patient
 5 information, electronic health records, personal health records, health
 6 care claims, or payment and other administrative data on behalf of a
 7 health care provider, health care service plan, pharmaceutical company,
 8 contractor, or employer.
 9 (e) "Health care provider" shall have