Assembly Bill A1619

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Creates the offense of reckless infection of a patient with a communicable disease by a health care provider

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A1619 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1054
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §240.67, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A1883, S4816
2015-2016: A5094, S1419
2019-2020: A1889

2017-A1619 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the offense of reckless infection of a patient with a communicable disease by a health care provider.

2017-A1619 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1619
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, MOSLEY, GALEF, RIVERA, OTIS, ABINANTI,
   BARCLAY,  RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, COOK, MOYA --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to creating  the  offense  of
   reckless  infection  of  a  patient  with  a communicable disease by a
   health care provider
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 240.67 to
 read as follows:
 § 240.67 RECKLESS INFECTION OF A PATIENT WITH A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE  BY
            A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
   A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF RECKLESS INFECTION OF A PATIENT WITH A COMMUNI-
 CABLE DISEASE BY A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER  WHEN  A  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDER
 THROUGH  RECKLESS CONDUCT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE REUSE OF A
 SYRINGE, NEEDLE OR OTHER SHARP, INFECTS A PATIENT  WITH  A  COMMUNICABLE
 DISEASE.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "HEALTH CARE PROVIDER" MEANS
 ANY PERSON WHO IS, OR IS REQUIRED TO BE, LICENSED OR REGISTERED OR HOLDS
 HIMSELF  OR  HERSELF  OUT  TO  BE  LICENSED  OR  REGISTERED, OR PROVIDES
 SERVICES AS IF HE OR SHE WERE LICENSED OR REGISTERED IN  THE  PROFESSION
 OF  MEDICINE,  CHIROPRACTIC,  DENTISTRY  OR  PODIATRY  UNDER  ANY OF THE
 FOLLOWING: ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE, ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY-TWO,  ONE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE, OR ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   RECKLESS  INFECTION  OF  A  PATIENT  WITH  A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE BY A
 HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01819-01-7

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