Senate Bill S6797

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias training for certain medical personnel as part of continuing medical education requirements

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S6797 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§6524-a, 6541-a & 6905-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S669
2023-2024: S1445

2019-S6797 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias training for physicians, physician assistants and nurses as part of continuing medical education requirements; such training shall be a biennial requirement.

2019-S6797 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6797 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6797
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  requiring  diversity,
   inclusion and elimination of bias training for certain medical person-
   nel as part of continuing medical education requirements

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6524-a
 to read as follows:
   § 6524-A. MANDATORY  DIVERSITY,  INCLUSION  AND  ELIMINATION  OF  BIAS
 TRAINING.  1. ALL PHYSICIANS, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR LICENSE IN GOOD
 STANDING, SHALL COMPLETE BIENNIAL DIVERSITY, INCLUSION  AND  ELIMINATION
 OF BIAS TRAINING.
   2. SUCH TRAINING COURSES SHALL BE TAUGHT BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE:
   A.  REPRESENTATIVE  OF THE DIVERSITY OF PERSONS SERVED BY THE NEW YORK
 HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; AND
   B. ACADEMICALLY TRAINED IN DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND THE ELIMINATION OF
 BIAS OR POSSESS PRIOR EXPERIENCE EDUCATING MEDICAL  PROFESSIONALS  ABOUT
 DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND THE ELIMINATION OF BIAS.
   3.  SUCH  TRAINING  COURSES  SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE
 FOLLOWING:
   A. INFORMATION ON IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT BIAS, EQUAL ACCESS TO  MEDICAL
 CARE, SERVING A DIVERSE POPULATION, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES,
 AND  SENSITIVITY TO CULTURAL AND OTHER DIFFERENCES WHEN INTERACTING WITH
 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR OTHER MEDICAL PERSONNEL;
   B. ACTIONABLE STEPS  MEDICAL  PERSONNEL  CAN  TAKE  TO  RECOGNIZE  AND
 ADDRESS THEIR OWN IMPLICIT BIASES;
   C.  A DISCUSSION OF THE HISTORICAL REASONS FOR, AND THE PRESENT CONSE-
 QUENCES OF, THE IMPLICIT BIASES PEOPLE HOLD BASED ON THE CHARACTERISTICS
 OF ANOTHER;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13979-01-9
              

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