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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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