What's happening
This bill updates legal language to replace references to "physician, osteopath or dentist" with "health care practitioner" in affirmations.
Why it matters
Broadens eligibility for affirmations. By changing "physician, osteopath or dentist" to "health care practitioner," the bill allows a wider range of licensed, certified, or authorized medical professionals (such as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and others under Title Eight of New York’s Education Law) to affirm statements in legal proceedings.
Reflects modern health care roles. The update recognizes the evolving landscape of health care, where patient care is increasingly delivered by a team of professionals beyond doctors and dentists, aligning legal language with current practice.
May streamline legal processes. Expanding who can make these affirmations could make it easier and faster for parties to obtain necessary statements or documentation for court, especially in areas with fewer physicians or dentists.
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Let Health Providers File Affirmations
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
3 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to codes
- Reported referred to rules
- Print number 784a
- Amend and recommit to codes
- Referred to codes
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Let Health Practitioners Affirm
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Gustavo Rivera
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
784--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, D'URSO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to changing reference from physician, osteopath or dentist to health care practitioner
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Rule 2106 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 380 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
Rule 2106. Affirmation of truth of statement. (a) The statement of an attorney admitted to practice in the courts of the state, or of a [physician, osteopath or dentist] health care practitioner licensed, certified, or authorized [by] under title eight of the education law to practice in the state, who is not a party to an action, when subscribed and affirmed by him or her to be true under the penalties of perjury, may be served or filed in the action in lieu of and with the same force and effect as an affidavit.
(b) The statement of any person, when that person is physically located outside the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, subscribed and affirmed by that person to be true under the penalties of perjury, may be used in an action in lieu of and with the same force and effect as an affidavit. Such affirmation shall be in substantially the following form:
I affirm this ___ day of ______, ____, under the penalties of perjury under the laws of New York, which may include a fine or imprisonment, that I am physically located outside the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03378-02-9
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territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, that the foregoing is true, and I understand that this document may be filed in an action or proceeding in a court of law.
(Signature)
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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