republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-7991.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	A 7991	New York A 7991 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	SIMOTAS	2	15	2	2019-05-30	2020-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/31278810-2372-4028-989f-1d7288734a87	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7991	51358664ec9b9c6c8ec983084f6ab9540c703d5b68436462daf6f3af5dcf9ced	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. A7991A (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/31278810-2372-4028-989f-1d7288734a87. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).