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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 4972: Establishes an office of the state medical fund ombudsperson and a medical indemnity fund advisory panel

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 4972 is a bill introduced in the New York House on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishes an office of the state medical fund ombudsperson and a medical indemnity fund advisory panel. Primary sponsor: Marianne Buttenschon (Democratic). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO HEALTH.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Establishes an office of the state medical indemnity fund ombudsperson and a medical indemnity fund advisory panel to advocate for, assist and represent the interests of qualified plaintiffs.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican/Conservative 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Marianne ButtenschonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse119
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Judy GriffinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
John McDonaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
MaryJane ShimskyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse92
Matt SlaterCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse94

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO HEALTH
  2. REFERRED TO HEALTH

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source