New York S 3186: Relates to prohibitions on single-use plastic straws and stirrers in restaurants

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S03186 Summary:

BILL NOS03186 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03544

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §6511-a, Ed L

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Requires certain health care providers to disclose certain facts in regards to probation to current and new patients.

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BILL NOS03186 

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01/24/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3186

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring certain
 health care providers to disclose certain facts in regard to probation
 to current and new patients

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6511-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 6511-a. Disclosure of probationary status. (1) The provisions of
 4 this section shall apply to any person licensed under the following
 5 articles of this title: one hundred thirty-one (medicine), one hundred
 6 thirty-one-B (physician assistants), one hundred thirty-two (chiroprac-
 7 tic), one hundred thirty-three (dentistry and dental hygiene), one
 8 hundred thirty-four (licensed perfusionists), one hundred thirty-six
 9 (physical therapy and physical therapist assistants), one hundred thir-
 10 ty-nine (nursing), one hundred forty (professional midwifery practice),
 11 one hundred forty-one (podiatry), one hundred forty-three (optometry),
 12 one hundred fifty-five (massage therapy), one hundred fifty-six (occupa-
 13 tional therapy), one hundred sixty (acupuncture), and one hundred
 14 sixty-four (respiratory therapists and respiratory therapy technicians).
 15 (2) As used in this section:
 16 (a) "licensee" means any person licensed to practice a profession
 17 governed by the articles of this title listed in subdivision one of this
 18 section; and
 19 (b) "state board" means the state board for each profession governed
 20 by the articles of this title listed in subdivision one of this section
 21 and appointed by the board of regents pursuant to section sixty-five
 22 hundred eight of this article.
 23 (3) The department and the applicable state board shall require a
 24 licensee or, in the event that the patient's appointment is at a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07481-01-5

 S. 3186 2

 1 location other than the licensee's practice, the licensee or the hospi-
 2 tal or practice where the patient's appointment is occurring to disclose
 3 the following on a separate document: the licensee's probationary
 4 status; the cause or causes for probation in the statement of the issues
 5 or the legal conclusions of an administrative law judge; the length of
 6 the probation and the end date; all practice restrictions placed on the
 7 licensee by the board; the address of the applicable state board's
 8 internet website; and the applicable state board's telephone number to a
 9 current or new patient, the patient's guardian or the patient's health
 10 care surrogate prior to the patient's first visit following the proba-
 11 tionary order while the licensee is on probation pursuant to a proba-
 12 tionary order made after January first, two thousand twenty-six, in any
 13 of the circumstances listed in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this
 14 subdivision. Such written disclosure shall be provided to the patient,
 15 the patient's guardian or the patient's health care surrogate in the
 16 licensee's office prior to the time the patient enters the examination
 17 room and the examination or treatment commences. The licensee or, in
 18 the event that the patient's appointment is at a location other than the
 19 licensee's practice, the licensee or the hospital or practice where the
 20 patient's appointment is occurring shall provide the disclosure under
 21 th