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Senator · Senate District 42
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History
- Referred to judiciary
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1497
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to judiciary
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Relates to out of state hospital records produced pursuant to subpoena
In Assembly Committee · Judiciary · Sponsor Matthew Titone
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7534
Title of bill
An act to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to out of state hospital records produced pursuant to subpoena
Purpose
Makes hospital records from a jurisdiction outside of New York State admissible when there is a certification or authentication by the head of the hospital, laboratory, department or bureau of a municipal corporation or of the state, by an employee delegated for that purpose, or a certification made in the manner determined by the laws of the jurisdiction where the hospital record is located.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends subdivision (c) of rule 4518 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 170 of the laws of 1994, to permit the admission of hospital records from outside of the jurisdiction of New York State that are certified as provided for in the laws of the jurisdiction where the hospital record is located.
Section 2: Effective date.
Justification
This bill is being introduced to provide clarity and efficiency to the introduction of hospital records in litigation. Under the current law, hospital records are admissible in evidence as prima facie evidence of the facts contained in the record when they bear a certification or authentication as provided by New York State law. Hospital records complying with this certification requirement do not require a witness to be called in to verify authenticity of the record. However, when hospital records are from outside of the jurisdiction of this state, if they are not certified in the manner provided under New York State law, a court may not accept the record as prima facie evidence of the facts contained in the record, and require that a witness be provided to verify the authenticity of the record. Bringing in witnesses to verify such professional records results in costly and time-consuming litigation, and often such witnesses are unable to be obtained from out of state due to the burdens of cost and distance. This legislation provides that when hospital records are deemed properly certified under the laws of the jurisdiction where the hospital record is located, such records are admissible without requiring a witness to verify the facts within the record.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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