Senate Bill S3253

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the time to commence certain medical malpractice actions

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  • 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-S3253 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6025
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd §214-a, CPLR; amd §2805-l, add §§2827 & 2828, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5558, A10592
2011-2012: S1098, A3913
2013-2014: S2627, A1926
2015-2016: S1209, A1124
2019-2020: S4501, A6903
2021-2022: S5038
2023-2024: S6192

2017-S3253 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the time to commence certain medical malpractice actions; provides that actions related to acts or omissions of hospitals where an incident report is required to be filed may be filed within one year of the required filing.

2017-S3253 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3253 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3253
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules and the  public  health
   law, in relation to the time to commence certain malpractice actions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 214-a of the  civil  practice  law  and  rules,  as
 amended  by  chapter  485  of  the  laws  of 1986, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 214-a. Action for medical, dental or  podiatric  malpractice  to  be
 commenced  within  two  years and six months; exceptions.  (A) An action
 for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice must  be  commenced  within
 two  years  and six months of the act, omission or failure complained of
 or last treatment where there  is  continuous  treatment  for  the  same
 illness,  injury  or condition which gave rise to the said act, omission
 or failure[; provided, however, that where].
   (B) (1) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, AN ACTION FOR
 MEDICAL, DENTAL OR PODIATRIC MALPRACTICE NEED NOT  BE  COMMENCED  WITHIN
 TWO  YEARS  AND SIX MONTHS OF THE ACT, OMISSION OR FAILURE COMPLAINED OF
 OR LAST TREATMENT WHERE THERE  IS  CONTINUOUS  TREATMENT  FOR  THE  SAME
 ILLNESS,  INJURY  OR CONDITION WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE SAID ACT, OMISSION
 OR FAILURE, IF THE DEFENDANT IS A HOSPITAL AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TEN
 OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH  LAW,  AND  HAS
 FAILED  TO  FILE  AN INCIDENT REPORT AS REQUIRED BY SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
 HUNDRED FIVE-L OF SUCH LAW IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT THAT  IS  THE
 SUBJECT  OF  THE  MALPRACTICE  ACTION.  IN  SUCH CASE, THE ACTION MAY BE
 COMMENCED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE DATE OF THE REQUIRED FILING.
   (2) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS  SECTION,  AN  ACTION  FOR
 MEDICAL,  DENTAL  OR  PODIATRIC MALPRACTICE NEED NOT BE COMMENCED WITHIN
 TWO YEARS AND SIX MONTHS OF THE ACT, OMISSION OR FAILURE  COMPLAINED  OF
 OR  LAST  TREATMENT  WHERE  THERE  IS  CONTINUOUS TREATMENT FOR THE SAME
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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