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Jan 08, 2020 | referred to higher education |
May 23, 2019 | print number 7660a |
May 23, 2019 | amend (t) and recommit to higher education |
May 14, 2019 | referred to higher education |
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A7660 - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7660 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to delivering nutrition care through therapeutic diets THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration of purpose. The legislature finds that the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) issued a new rule that permits hospitals to allow qualified dieti- tians and nutritionists to order therapeutic diets in the Federal Regis- ter Volume 79, Number 91 on May 12, 2014. CMS rules are related to federal reimbursement of services. The CMS rules state that dietitians and nutritionists are the professionals who are best qualified to assess a patient's nutritional status and to design and implement a nutritional treatment plan in consultation with the patient's interdisciplinary care team. In addition, the CMS rules state that the qualified dietitian or nutritionist must be viewed as an integral member of the hospital inter- disciplinary care team, one who, as the team's clinical nutrition expert, is responsible for a patient's nutritional diagnosis and treat- ment in light of a patient's medical diagnosis. The CMS rule further states that all patient diets are considered to be therapeutic in nature, regardless of the modality used to support the nutritional needs of the patient and that the term would most certainly include parenteral and enteral nutrition support. The legislature finds that CMS issued a similar rule for long term care facilities in the Federal Register Volume 81, Number 192 on October 4, 2016. Since CMS rules emphasize that the state law governs the scope of practice, the legislature finds that the current scope of practice for certified dietitians and certified nutritionists does not specifically allow for the ordering of therapeu- tic diets. The legislature intends to provide language which is needed to allow the state of New York to deliver nutrition care via therapeutic EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Co-Sponsors
Donna Lupardo
Walter T. Mosley
Catalina Cruz
Michaelle C. Solages
Multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
John Salka
A7660A (ACTIVE) - Details
A7660A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7660--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the certification of dietitians and nutritionists THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 8001 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A CERTIFIED DIETITIAN OR CERTIFIED NUTRITIONIST MAY PRESCRIBE, ORDER, WRITE, REVIEW, EVALUATE, MONITOR AND MANAGE THERAPEUTIC DIETS, INCLUDING ENTERAL AND PARENTERAL NUTRITION, IN A HOSPITAL, INCLUDING DIAGNOSTIC CENTER, TREATMENT CENTER, OR HOSPITAL-BASED OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT, RESI- DENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY OR NURSING HOME OR ANY OTHER FACILITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW WHEN COMPETENCY IS DETERMINED BY THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR OR GOVERNING BODY OF SUCH FACILITY. § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11593-02-9