BILL NUMBER: S10627
SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to instances in
which a person or entity in the state of New York shall comply with or
provide information in response to an inquiry, investigation, subpoena,
or summons related to procedures for protections of legally protected
health activities
 
PURPOSE:
This bill amends Chapter 694 of the Laws of 2025 to make technical and
clarifying amendments to the protections established for records and
information maintained by persons or entities in the state of New York
regarding legally protected health activities.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill amends Subdivisions 2 and 9 Section 394-i of the
General Business Law to specify circumstances under which information
requests may be complied with by specifying the factors, as opposed to
making a reference to a separate section of law containing the factors.
Additionally, records request may be complied with when such a request
is at the request of the person or entity who is subject to an investi-
gation or when the information is incidentally included and not the
focus of the records request.
Section 1 amends the statutory location of the requirement that compli-
ance with a records request must be a minimum of 30 days following
required notification to the Office of the Attorney General.
Section 1 also amends the underlying statute to clarify that the
sections requirements do not apply when disclosure is for compliance
with state reporting or grant requirements, in addition to federal
requirements, as well as when disclosure is necessary to facilitate a
payment or a claim for payment.
Section 2 of the bill amends Subdivision 8 Section 394-i of the General
Business Law to specify that nothing shall prohibit compliance with an
order which is enforceable in New York and which was entered by a court
of competent jurisdiction. Additionally,
Section 2 establishes that nothing in the existing law shall apply to a
request or authorization for information that is made by the person who
received care of their legal representative.
Section 3 of the bill sets forth the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
This bill makes technical and clarifying changes to ensure that New
York's shield law provides robust protections for individuals who engage
in, and persons and entities which provide, legally protected health
activities, while ensuring that providers are able to meet their legal
and business obligations in instances when disclosure is appropriately
required.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Amendment to Chapter 694 of the Laws of 2025.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STATE:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2026 amending the insurance law and the general
business law relating to procedures for protections of legally protected
health activities, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.8807 and
A.9501, takes effect.

Statutes affected:
S10627: 394-i general business law, 394-i(8) general business law