Public Health Law § 2997 · Title 1. Health Information
Patient privacy
Text — Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 2997. Patient privacy. 1. The department shall examine state laws protecting the privacy of individual patient data, and determine the necessity of supplementing existing protections.
2. The department shall examine federal initiatives protecting the privacy of individual patient data, and such federal initiatives' potential preemptive effect on state law protections.
3. The department shall provide a report of its findings to the governor and the legislature within eighteen months of the effective date of this section.
Source of truth
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- Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
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- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/PBH2997
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