New York S 9548: Relates to the identification of individuals who provide face-to-face care to or direct observation of a patient and information required to be submitted by complainants in offenses against a health care worker

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S09548 Summary:

BILL NOS09548A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRYAN C

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COSPNSRGRIFFO, SKOUFIS, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2803, Pub Health L; amd §6530, Ed L; amd §100.15, CP L

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Limits the identification of individuals who provide face-to-face care to or direct observation of a patient to their first name and first initial of their last name; requires complainants to only submit the address of the health care facility at which they were providing services at the time of the offense in cases involving an alleged offense against a hospital worker health care practitioner.

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BILL NOS09548A

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03/24/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/29/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

05/29/2026PRINT NUMBER 9548A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9548--A

 IN SENATE

 March 24, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. C. RYAN, GRIFFO, SKOUFIS, WEBER -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
 to the identification of individuals who provide face-to-face care to
 or direct observation of a patient; and to amend the criminal proce-
 dure law, in relation to requiring complainants to only submit the
 address of the health care facility at which they were providing
 services at the time of the offense in cases involving an alleged
 offense against a health care practitioner

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 of
 2 section 2803 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 618 of the
 3 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (v) a right to be informed of the name, position, and functions of any
 5 persons, including medical students and physicians exempt from New York
 6 state licensure pursuant to section sixty-five hundred twenty-six of the
 7 education law, who provide face-to-face care to or direct observation of
 8 the patient, except that a general hospital shall allow employees,
 9 contractors and other individuals who provide face-to-face care to or
 10 direct observation of the patient to list only their first name and
 11 first initial of their last name on their identification badge;
 12 § 2. Subdivision 37 of section 6530 of the education law, as added by
 13 chapter 606 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
 14 37. Failing to wear an identifying badge, which shall be conspicuously
 15 displayed and legible, indicating the practitioner's name and profes-
 16 sional title authorized pursuant to this chapter, while practicing as an
 17 employee or operator of a hospital, clinic, group practice or multi-pro-
 18 fessional facility, or at a commercial establishment offering health
 19 services to the public; provided, however, that hospitals shall allow
 20 employees, contractors and other individuals who provide face-to-face
 21 care to or direct observation of patients in hospital facilities to list

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14064-08-6

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 1 just their first name and first initial of their last name on their
 2 identification badges;
 3 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 2803 of the public health law is amended
 4 by adding a new paragraph (g-1) to read as follows:
 5 (g-1) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article or
 6 any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, every hospital shall
 7 allow employees, contractors and other individuals who provide face-to-
 8 face care to or direct observation of patients in hospital facilities to
 9 list just their first name and first initial of their last name on their
 10 identification badges.
 11 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 100.15 of the criminal procedure law is
 12 amended to read as follows:
 13 1. An information, a misdemeanor complaint and a felony c