S 8325 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Provides guidelines, corrective actions, and transparency, and to reconfigure the composition of committees of professional conduct within the office of professional medical conduct

Summary

Provides guidelines, corrective actions, and transparency, and reconfigures the composition of committees of professional conduct within the office of professional medical conduct.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jun 2, 2025 Last action Apr 9, 2026

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What changed between versions

S8325A → S8325B · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to remove provisions adding sexual misconduct and sexual impropriety as specific grounds for professional discipline, likely to address jurisdictional issues since these matters are often handled under different laws. The text was also reorganized to focus exclusively on the Public Health Law rather than the Education Law. Additionally, new penalty guidelines were added for gross incompetence and practicing while impaired, while the definition of incompetence was expanded to include rehabilitation requirements.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing the addition of sexual misconduct to the list of professional misconducts and shifting the primary legal focus from the Education Law to the Public Health Law.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the addition of 'sexual impropriety' and 'offering services for sexual favors' as specific professional misconducts, likely to avoid overlap with existing criminal or civil statutes.

Expanded the definition of incompetence to require that a licensee complete rehabilitation to the satisfaction of the board before reinstatement.

SCOPE

Changed the primary legal focus from amending both the Education Law and Public Health Law to amending only the Public Health Law.

ENFORCEMENT

Added a new penalty tier for 'gross incompetence,' requiring license suspension until rehabilitation is complete.

Added a new penalty tier for practicing while impaired by alcohol, drugs, or disability, requiring suspension until rehabilitation is complete.

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 8325B

upper

Apr 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

upper

Jan 12, 2026

Committee

REFERENCE CHANGED TO HEALTH

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

upper

Jun 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 8325A

upper

Jun 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES

upper

Jun 2, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO RULES

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors