Expands the definition of professional misconduct

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Expands the definition of professional misconduct

Expands the definition of professional misconduct Expands the definition of professional misconduct to include refusing to provide professional services to a person referred for treatment by a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility or provider because such person declines elective services during the course of treatment.

What This Bill Does

• Expands the definition of professional misconduct Expands the definition of professional misconduct to include refusing to provide professional services to a person referred for treatment by a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility or provider because such person declines elective services during the course of treatment.

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Official Summary Text

Expands the definition of professional misconduct
Expands the definition of professional misconduct to include refusing to provide professional services to a person referred for treatment by a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility or provider because such person declines elective services during the course of treatment.

Current Bill Text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 15, 2026
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        Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

        AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to expanding the defi-
          nition of professional misconduct

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Section  6509 of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
     3    (6-A) REFUSING TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO A  PERSON  REFERRED
     4  FOR TREATMENT BY A UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITY
     5  OR  PROVIDER  BECAUSE  SUCH PERSON DECLINES ELECTIVE SERVICES DURING THE
     6  COURSE OF TREATMENT, PROVIDED THE DECLINATION DOES NOT RENDER  TREATMENT
     7  MEDICALLY UNSAFE OR VIOLATE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF CARE,
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately







         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15097-01-6