New York S 10513: Relates to disclosing certain diagnostic results to patients on their electronic health record

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S10513 Summary:

BILL NOS10513 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §18-d, Pub Health L

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Prohibits the disclosure of a pathology report or radiology report that has a reasonable likelihood of showing a finding of malignancy to patients on their electronic health record for seventy-two hours or unless the treating practitioner contacts the patient before the end of the seventy-two hour period.

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BILL NOS10513 

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05/15/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10513

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to disclosing certain
 diagnostic results to patients on their electronic health record

 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 18-d to read as follows:
 3 § 18-d. Disclosure of certain diagnostic results. 1. For the purposes
 4 of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Electronic health record" shall have the same meaning as such
 6 term is defined by section forty-four hundred eight of this chapter.
 7 (b) "Treating practitioner" shall have the same meaning as such term
 8 is defined by section eighteen of this title.
 9 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, where a
 10 pathology report or radiology report has a reasonable likelihood of
 11 showing a finding of malignancy, such report shall not be disclosed to a
 12 patient as a part of their electronic health record until seventy-two
 13 hours after such report is finalized, unless the treating practitioner
 14 contacts the patient regarding the results of such report before the end
 15 of the seventy-two hour period.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 17 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15935-01-6

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