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S 4566

New York - Session 2025-2026

Senate in_committee 2026-01-07
Healthcare
Bill Details

Title: Relates to the rights of patients to receive medical information in an understandable format

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.

Sponsor
Jamaal Bailey
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2025-02-07 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-01-07 Status in_committee
2026-01-07 Latest Action In Senate Committee
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