Bill Text: NY A08252 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to the liability of health care practitioner volunteers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to health [A08252 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08252-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8252
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   November 6, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  liability  of
         health care practitioner volunteers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 260 of the public health  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  84  of  the  laws  of  2006, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    4. [No health care practitioner volunteer  shall  participate  in  the
    5  health  care practitioner volunteer program established pursuant to this
    6  title unless, with respect  to  acts  and  omissions  that  occurred  or
    7  allegedly  occurred within the scope of his or her participation in such
    8  program, he or she is covered  by  an  adequate  professional  liability
    9  insurance  policy.] A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER VOLUNTEER SHALL BE DEEMED
   10  TO BE AN "EMPLOYEE" FOR PURPOSES OF  SECTION  SEVENTEEN  OF  THE  PUBLIC
   11  OFFICERS  LAW  WITH  RESPECT  TO ANY ACTS AND OMISSIONS THAT OCCURRED OR
   12  ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS OR HER PARTICIPATION IN  SUCH
   13  PROGRAM.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10011-01-3
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