New York Assembly bill in Session 2025-2026.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: January 7, 2026.
Relates to dental, medical and podiatric malpractice actions and to establishing a limitation on noneconomic damages in personal injury actions.
Requires a certificate of merit in actions for damages, contribution or indemnity arising out of alleged negligence of a professional licensed pursuant to the education law; establishes a party in an action for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice may not omit the name of certain experts in responding to a request; limits judgments for past and future damages in an action to recover damages for dental, medical or podiatric malpractice; limits compensation for noneconomic damages suffered by an injured plaintiff in any personal injury action to $250,000.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-16 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-01-07 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-01-07 | Latest Action | In Assembly Committee |