New York A 2629: Requires reporting of a criminal conviction and sentence of a physician

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A02629 Summary:

BILL NOA02629A

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SAME ASSAME AS S10286

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §380.85, CP L; amd §2995-a, Pub Health L

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Requires the reporting of sentences of certain medical professionals to the office of professional medical conduct within twenty-four hours; requires the department of health to disseminate a criminal conviction and sentence of a physician within forty-eight hours of receipt.

Go to top A02629 Actions:

BILL NOA02629A

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01/21/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

04/17/2026amend and recommit to codes

04/17/2026print number 2629a

04/21/2026reported 

04/23/2026advanced to third reading cal.352

Go to topA02629 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:04/21/2026AYE/NAY:20/0 Action: Favorable DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookExcusedReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightAyeMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

TaylorAye

Go to topA02629 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA02629 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2629--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in accord-
 ance 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 criminal procedure law, in relation to reporting
 certain convictions and sentences to the office of professional
 medical conduct within twenty-four hours; and to amend the public
 health law, in relation to requiring the department to disseminate a
 criminal conviction and criminal sentence of a physician within
 forty-eight hours of receipt

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

 1 Section 1. Section 380.85 of the criminal procedure law, as added by
 2 chapter 477 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 380.85 Reporting sentences to office of professional medical conduct;
 4 licensed physician, physician assistant, or specialist
 5 assistant.
 6 Whenever a person who is a licensed physician, physician assistant, or
 7 specialist assistant or a physician who is practicing under a limited
 8 permit or as a medical resident is sentenced for a crime, the court that
 9 has sentenced such person shall deliver a copy of the certificate of
 10 conviction and provide notification of the conviction and sentence to
 11 the office of professional medical conduct within twenty-four hours.
 12 § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 2995-a of the public health law, as
 13 amended by section 3 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is
 14 amended to read as follows:
 15 9. (a) The department shall, in addition to hard copy physician
 16 profiles, provide for electronic access to and copying of physician
 17 profiles developed pursuant to this section through the system commonly
 18 known as the Internet. The department shall update a physician's online

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06349-02-6

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 1 profile within thirty days of receipt of a completed physician profile
 2 survey or any change in profile information.
 3 (b) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary,
 4 the department shall update a physician's online profile within forty-
 5 eight hours of receipt of a copy of a certificate of conviction pursuant
 6 to section 380.85 of the criminal procedure law.
 7 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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