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NY S 5774

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Establishes 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

Quick answers

Did NY S 5774 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5774 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY S 5774 about?

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.

Who sponsors NY S 5774?

Michael Gianaris is the primary sponsor of NY S 5774, joined by 1 cosponsor.

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

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-28

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 2474not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 600not in this corpus
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  • Prior session: S 6131not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3132not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 293not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 163not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 152not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 7976

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5774?summary=&detail=

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