N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 4550: Admissibility of evidence related to legally protected health activity

§ 4550. Admissibility of evidence related to legally protected health

activity. Evidence relating to the involvement of a party engaging in

legally protected health activity, as defined by section 570.17 of the

criminal procedure law shall not be offered against such party as

evidence that such party has engaged in any wrongdoing, whether civil,

criminal, professional, or otherwise by virtue of engaging in such

legally protected health activity. Nothing in this section shall prevent

a party from offering such evidence in a proceeding that (i) sounds in

tort or contract, (ii) is actionable, in an equivalent or similar

manner, under the laws of this state, and (iii) was brought by the

person who received reproductive health care or gender-affirming care,

or the person's legal representative in a manner consistent with

subparagraph (iii) of paragraph one of subdivision (g) of section three

thousand one hundred nineteen of this chapter.