New York S 6086: Relates to discrimination in the use of employment tests and selection procedures

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S06086 Summary:

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Add Art 44-A §§4410 - 4417, CPLR

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Establishes the health care courts pilot program.

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03/05/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6086

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to estab-
 lishing the health care courts pilot program

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

 1 Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
 2 article 44-A to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 44-A
 4 HEALTH CARE COURTS PILOT PROGRAM
 5 Section 4410. Creation.
 6 4411. Health care court judges; selection.
 7 4412. Judicial training.
 8 4413. Court appointed medical experts.
 9 4414. Procedure.
 10 4415. Appellate review.
 11 4416. Reports.
 12 4417. Disclaimer.
 13 § 4410. Creation. The office of court administration may select up to
 14 five counties, each within a separate judicial district in this state,
 15 to establish specialized health care courts within the supreme court of
 16 such counties to govern claims for medical, dental or podiatric malprac-
 17 tice as set forth in this section. Once a supreme court within a partic-
 18 ular county has established a health care court as set forth in this
 19 section, such court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all the
 20 claims for medial, dental or podiatric malpractice brought within the
 21 supreme court of such county.
 22 § 4411. Health care court judges; selection. Judges shall be selected
 23 to serve in the health care court division from among those judges who
 24 are elected or appointed to the supreme court in a county selected to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10618-01-5

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 1 participate in the health care courts pilot program. For the purposes of
 2 this article, "judge" shall mean a judge of the health care division.
 3 § 4412. Judicial training. (a) Upon selection of a particular supreme
 4 court judge to hear cases in the county's health care court and prior to
 5 hearing such cases, each judge shall complete a judicial training
 6 program on the law and science of medicine that may be the basis for
 7 cases falling under the jurisdiction of the health care court. Such
 8 program shall be administered by the office of court administration.
 9 (b) A committee shall be created to develop the curriculum of the
 10 judicial training program. A task force shall be coordinated by the
 11 office of court administration and shall include equal representation
 12 from the Medical Society of the State of New York and the New York State
 13 Bar Association.
 14 (c) The curriculum to be created pursuant to subdivision (b) of this
 15 section shall include both in-classroom clinical training and an intern-
 16 ship. The in-classroom clinical training shall include at the minimum
 17 the following: an overview of the major body systems, pharmacology,
 18 common disease pathology, alternative medicine therapies, and the educa-
 19 tion and training required for various health professionals. The intern-
 20 ship shall provide judges an opportunity to follow a practicing physi-
 21 cian and other health care professionals in different health care
 22 settings. The training program may also include a legal component which
 23 shall include a review of medical legal issues that may be the basis of
 24 cases falling under the jurisdiction of the health care court.
 25 § 4413. Court appointed medical experts. (a) The health care court
 26 shall maintain a list of qualified medical experts who may be utilized
 27 by the court to provide independent expert opinions to the judge. Such
 28 experts may