Int 1308-2018
Redacting the name of physicians whose license has been surrendered or revoked from birth certificates.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Healthintroduced 2018-12-20Local Law 2019/080
Enacted as Local Law 2019/080.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2018-12-20Passed: 2019-04-28Enacted: 2019-04-28
Summary
This bill would allow an individual to request that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene redact the name of a physician from a birth record when that physician’s license has been surrendered or revoked by the New York State Office of Professional Medical Conduct.
Committee on Health — Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and EMS (health-related issues).
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Sponsors (31)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-12-20 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-12-20 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-02-07 · Committee on Health
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2019-02-07 · Committee on Health
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-03-26 · Committee on Health
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2019-03-26 · Committee on Health
ActionAmended by Committee
2019-03-26 · Committee on Health
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2019-03-26 · Committee on Health
AdvancedApproved by Council
2019-03-28 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2019-03-28 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2019-04-28 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2019-04-30 · City Council
Votes (5)
Aye (4)
Inez D. BarronMathieu EugeneMark LevineKeith Powers
Absent (1)
Alicka Ampry-Samuel
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2019-03-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Health · 2019-03-26 · 3:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
Committee on Health · 2019-02-07 · 1:00 PM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2018-12-20 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (20)
- Summary of Int. No. 1308-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1308
- Int. No. 1308
- December 20, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-20-2018
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 20, 2018
- Committee Report 2/7/19
- Hearing Testimony 2/7/19
- Hearing Transcript 2/7/19
- Proposed Int. No. 1308-A - 3/6/19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 20, 2018
- Committee Report 3/26/19
- Hearing Transcript 3/26/19
- March 28, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-28-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 28, 2019
- Int. No. 1308-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 80
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 17-169 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
3. When the license to practice medicine of an attending physician listed on a given birth record has been surrendered or revoked by the New York state office of professional medical conduct, then upon request by either (i) the person whose birth the record documents, if eighteen years of age or older, or that person's legal representative or (ii) the parent or legal representative of a person under the age of eighteen whose birth the record documents, the department shall issue a certified copy of the birth record with the identity of such physician redacted. Such request shall be made in the form or manner to be provided or approved by the department. Nothing in this paragraph requires a court order.
� 2. This local law takes effect on January 1, 2020, except that the commissioner of health and mental hygiene may take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, before such date.
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