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NY A 6954

in committee

Relates to requiring a medical facility or related services to obtain express prior written consent before the making and/or broadcasting of visual images of a patient's medical treatment

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 6954 pass?

Not yet. NY A 6954 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HEALTH

What is NY A 6954 about?

Relates to requiring a medical facility or related service to obtain express prior written consent before filming and/or broadcasting of visual images of a patient's medical treatment.

Who sponsors NY A 6954?

Edward Braunstein is the primary sponsor of NY A 6954.

Description

Relates to requiring a medical facility or related service to obtain express prior written consent before filming and/or broadcasting of visual images of a patient's medical treatment.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HEALTH
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Edward Braunsteinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-18

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 3696not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4622not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1693not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 484not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 134not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 555

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A6954?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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