New York A07392 criminalizes acting as a runner or soliciting or employing a runner to procure patients or clients.

New York A07392 amends the penal law by adding new sections to define unlawful procurement of clients, patients, or customers in the third, second, and first degrees. It also amends the criminal procedure law to include these new offenses as felonies. The bill defines a "runner" as someone who acts on one or more occasions to procure clients for a pecuniary benefit. The severity of the offense depends on the aggregate value of the benefit and the number of occasions.

New York A07392 criminalizes acting as a runner or soliciting or employing a runner to procure patients or clients.

New York A07392 amends the penal law by adding new sections to define unlawful procurement of clients, patients, or customers in the third, second, and first degrees. It also amends the criminal procedure law to include these new offenses as felonies. The bill defines a "runner" as someone who acts on one or more occasions to procure clients for a pecuniary benefit. The severity of the offense depends on the aggregate value of the benefit and the number of occasions.