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A08460 Summary:

BILL NOA08460
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02393
 
SPONSORCunningham
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §519-a, Gen Bus L
 
Prohibits hospitals and health care providers from storing credit card information without signed written consent and requires disclosure if such information could be used to pay balances.
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A08460 Actions:

BILL NOA08460
 
05/16/2025referred to health
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A08460 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8460
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 16, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CUNNINGHAM  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
          hospitals  and health care providers from storing credit card informa-
          tion without consent
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  519-a  of the general business law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. No hospital or health care provider shall keep  a  credit  card  on
     4  file  without  obtaining written consent in the form of a signature from
     5  the patient. Patients shall be advised in  writing,  using  twelve-point
     6  font  or  larger,  at  the time of paying for any services with a credit
     7  card if the credit card information will be kept on  file  and  if  such
     8  credit card information will be used to pay any balances on the account.
     9    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    10  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    11  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    12  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    13  on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05869-02-5
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