New York A 10652: Relates to unauthorized depictions of public officials generated by artificial intelligence

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A10652 Summary:

BILL NOA10652 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORMcMahon

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COSPNSRButtenschon, Hunter, Lavine, Hawley, Angelino

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2803-c, Pub Health L

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Allows a nursing home patient, or such patient's representative, to install, operate and maintain, at such patient's own expense, an electronic monitoring device in such patient's room.

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BILL NOA10652 

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03/19/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10652

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 19, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. McMAHON, BUTTENSCHON, HUNTER, LAVINE, HAWLEY,
 ANGELINO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing a
 nursing home patient to install, operate and maintain an electronic
 monitoring device in such patient's room

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2803-c of the public health law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph s to read as follows:
 3 s. (i) Subject to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, every
 4 patient, or in the case of a patient who lacks capacity to consent, the
 5 patient's lawful representative, shall have the right, at such patient's
 6 own expense, to install, operate and maintain an electronic monitoring
 7 device in the patient's room, provided that:
 8 (A) the electronic monitoring device shall only capture picture or
 9 video of the patient's personal space;
 10 (B) audio capture shall require written consent from all roommate
 11 patients, or their lawful representatives, whose privacy may reasonably
 12 be affected; if no such consent is received, the electronic monitoring
 13 device shall only capture picture or silent video; and
 14 (C) a report on the installation of an electronic monitoring device
 15 including all required consent received shall be maintained by the
 16 facility administrator as part of the patient record.
 17 (ii) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have
 18 the following meanings:
 19 (A) "electronic monitoring device" means a surveillance instrument
 20 with a video camera or an audio recording device, or a combination ther-
 21 eof, which is installed in a patient's room and transmits to a specific
 22 recipient or records activity or sounds occurring in the room; and
 23 (B) "patient's personal space" means the space in the patient's room
 24 including and immediately surrounding the patient's bed, furniture,
 25 equipment and the patient's effects and possessions, and shall not
 26 include the personal space of a roommate patient.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01591-02-5

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 1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 2 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 3 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 4 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 5 completed on or before such effective date.

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