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S04439 Summary:

BILL NO	S04439
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	KRUGER
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd SS6524 & 6525, Ed L
Requires all physicians licensed or permitted to practice medicine in the state of New York to procure and maintain in full force and effect a policy of medical malpractice insurance with primary levels of coverage at one million dollars for each claimant under such policy and three million dollars for all claimants under such policy in any one year and excess coverage with similar levels of coverage.

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S04439 Actions:

BILL NO	S04439
04/23/2009	REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
01/06/2010	REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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S04439 Floor Votes:

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S04439 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4439
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 23, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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  requiring  physicians
          to procure and maintain malpractice insurance
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1.  Section 6524 of the education law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
     3    (12)  Malpractice  insurance:  procure  and maintain in full force and
     4  effect a policy of medical malpractice insurance with primary levels  of
     5  insurance  in an amount equal to or greater than one million dollars for
     6  each claimant under that policy and three million dollars for all claim-
     7  ants under that policy in any one year.
     8    § 2. Section 6525 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     9  subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    10    5.  Malpractice  insurance.  Every applicant for and every holder of a
    11  permit to practice medicine  as  provided  for  in  this  section  shall

    12  procure  and maintain in full force and effect a policy of medical malp-
    13  ractice insurance with primary levels of insurance in an amount equal to
    14  or greater than one million dollars for each claimant under that  policy
    15  and three million dollars for all claimants under that policy in any one
    16  year.
    17    § 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11358-01-9

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