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
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2025
Last action Jan 7, 2026
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2
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Committee
2
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Gianaris
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Liz Krueger
DDemocratic/Working Families
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