---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to posting information on patients' reporting rights regarding professional misconduct involving sexual harassment and assault"
description: "Requires the office of professional medical conduct to post on its website information on patients' reporting rights regarding professional misconduct involving sexual harassment and assault; requires physicians' practice settings to post signage directing their patients to the office of professional medical conduct's website for information about their rights and how to report professional misconduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7991"
citation: "New York A 7991 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SIMOTAS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-30"
last_action: "2020-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31278810-2372-4028-989f-1d7288734a87"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7991"
source_hash: "51358664ec9b9c6c8ec983084f6ab9540c703d5b68436462daf6f3af5dcf9ced"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 7991 (2019-2020) — Relates to posting information on patients' reporting rights regarding professional misconduct involving sexual harassment and assault

Requires the office of professional medical conduct to post on its website information on patients' reporting rights regarding professional misconduct involving sexual harassment and assault; requires physicians' practice settings to post signage directing their patients to the office of professional medical conduct's website for information about their rights and how to report professional misconduct.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7991** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7991&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A7991A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A7991A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SIMOTAS — primary (person)
- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- MORINELLO — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- NIOU — cosponsor (person)
- QUART — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-05-30** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-05** PRINT NUMBER 7991A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-11** REPORTED
- **2020-02-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.403
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6678A
- **2020-07-23** 3RD READING CAL.485
- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-09-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-07** SIGNED CHAP.203 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31278810-2372-4028-989f-1d7288734a87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).