Relates to the cancellation of contracts for health club services; provides that for a contract for service due for renewal on a monthly basis, the health club shall accept cancellation of renewal if such request is made up to the day before such renewal takes effect; relates to the mechanisms through which a health club shall accept notice of cancellation and offer cancellation.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10642
IN ASSEMBLY
March 17, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to cancellation of
contracts for health club services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 4 of section 624
2 of the general business law, as added by chapter 537 of the laws of
3 2024, are amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
4 (b) Where a contract for services is due for renewal on an annual
5 basis, such contract for services following the initial contract shall
6 provide that such health club shall accept cancellation of renewal of a
7 membership, by the buyer or the buyer's estate, provided such request is
8 made within fifteen business days after such renewal takes effect. Where
9 a contract for service is due for renewal on a monthly basis, such
10 contract for services following the initial contract shall provide that
11 such health club shall accept cancellation of renewal of a monthly
12 membership, by the buyer or the buyer's estate provided such request is
13 made [within three] up to the business [days after] day before such
14 renewal takes effect.
15 (c) Such health club shall accept notice of cancellation [of a member-
16 ship through methods including, but not limited to, website, electronic
17 mail, telephone, mail, or in person] using a simple cancellation mech-
18 anism that is as easy to use as the mechanism that the consumer used to
19 provide consent and that is through the same medium that the consumer
20 used to provide consent.
21 (d) [If a health club allows a buyer to enter into a contract for
22 services through a website, such] Such health club shall accept a notice
23 of cancellation [of such contract through such website in addition to
24 the methods provided pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subdivision] at
25 any time through all mediums by which the health club allows a consumer
26 to provide affirmative consent to the health club.
27 (e) Provided further that, where consent to the health club agreement
28 was obtained in person, in addition to offering cancellation where prac-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 tical via an in-person method similar to that the user used to consent,
2 the business shall, at the minimum, offer cancellation through telephone
3 communication, cellular communication, or an online mechanism.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
