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Assembly Bill A4552

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of health to create cultural education demonstration programs for HIV/AIDS health care providers

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2011-A4552 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Health
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A5145

2011-A4552 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of health to create cultural education demonstration programs for HIV/AIDS health care providers to instruct them on how to treat patients while being sensitive to their cultural traditions and mores; provides that such program shall focus on the Latin American and Asian cultures.

2011-A4552 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4552

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. P. RIVERA, J. RIVERA, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored
  by  --  M.  of  A.  ARROYO,  AUBRY,  CLARK,  COOK,  V. LOPEZ,   ORTIZ,
  PEOPLES-STOKES,  TOWNS  --  read once and referred to the Committee on
  Health

AN ACT to direct the commissioner of health to create cultural education
  demonstration programs for HIV/AIDS health care providers

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The commissioner of health shall promulgate rules and regu-
lations  creating  a demonstration program to provide cultural education
demonstration programs for health care providers to patients with  human
immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Such programs
shall  instruct the health care providers on how to treat patients while
being sensitive to their cultural traditions and mores.
  S 2. The demonstration programs provided for by section  one  of  this
act  shall provide education in the cultures of the Latin American coun-
tries and the Asian countries.
  S 3. The commissioner of health shall report to the legislature  eigh-
teen  months after the programs have been established on the functioning
of the programs along with recommendations for the permanent  establish-
ment  of  cultural  education  demonstration  programs  for  health care
providers.
  S 4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
law;  provided, however, that all regulations necessary to carry out the
provisions of this act shall be promulgated before such effective date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00031-01-1

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