NY S 5774
in committeeEstablishes a penalty and cause of action for intentional destruction of medical records by a party to a medical malpractice action, or by an agent thereof
New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Description
Establishes a penalty of not less than $1,000 for each intentional destruction, mutilation or significant alteration of a medical record by a party to a medical malpractice action, or by any officer, director, member, employee or agent of such party; establishes a cause of action on behalf of any person injured as the result of such destruction, mutilation or significant alteration; requires disclosure of metadata, audit trail, and log-in information associated with electronic medical records in certain actions.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Michael Gianarisprimary
- Liz Kruegercosponsor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-28
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
referral-committee
2026-01-07
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
referral-committee
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