New York 2025 Session Status: Introduced

S4566 — Relates to the rights of patients to receive medical information in an understandable format

Last action — In Senate Committee

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced February 07, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

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Odds of enactment

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Summary

Relates to the rights of patients to receive medical information in an understandable format; provides that such information and documents shall avoid the use of medical terminology and instead use words with common and everyday meanings to facilitate understandability.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. REFERRED TO HEALTH

  2. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 218 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (218)

218 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does S4566 do?
Relates to the rights of patients to receive medical information in an understandable format; provides that such information and documents shall avoid the use of medical terminology and instead use words with common and everyday meanings to facilitate understandability.
Who sponsors S4566?
S4566 is sponsored by Jamaal Bailey.
What is the current status of S4566?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced February 07, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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