Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 08, 2021 | referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 01, 2021 | advanced to third reading |
Jan 26, 2021 | 2nd report cal. |
Jan 25, 2021 | 1st report cal.146 |
Jan 06, 2021 | referred to health |
senate Bill S591
Sponsored By
Brian A. Benjamin
(D) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
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John E. Brooks
(D) 0 Senate District
Pete Harckham
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
S591 (ACTIVE) - Details
S591 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S591 SPONSOR: BENJAMIN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to training for pres- cribers of certain pain medications PURPOSE: Updates training for prescribers of controlled substances to include best practices for patient centered care, social determents of health, and co-occurring disorders SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends paragraph c of subdivision 3 of Section 3309-a of the Public Health Law to require Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the State Education Department, and the Office of Addiction Services and Supports to update the course work or training in pain management, palliative care, and addiction for medical profes-
S591 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 591 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BENJAMIN, BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to training for pres- cribers of certain pain medications THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 3309-a of the public health law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 71 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: (c) The commissioner, in consultation with the department of education and the office of [alcoholism and substance abuse] ADDICTION services AND SUPPORTS, shall establish standards and review and approve course work or training in pain management, palliative care, and addiction AND UPDATE SUCH STANDARDS AND APPROVALS AS NECESSARY ACCORDING TO BEST PRAC- TICES FOR PROVIDING PATIENT CENTERED CARE WITH THE CONSIDERATION OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND CO-OCCURING DISORDERS and shall publish information related to such standards, course work or training on the department's website. § 2. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 3 of section 3309-a of the public health law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 71 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: (f) Course work or training shall include, but not be limited to: state and federal requirements for prescribing controlled substances; pain management; appropriate prescribing; managing acute pain; pallia- tive medicine; prevention, screening and signs of [addiction] SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER; responses to abuse and addiction; and end of life care. FOR EACH LICENSED PERSON DUE TO RE-REGISTER PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, SUCH COURSE WORK OR TRAINING SHALL ALSO INCLUDE TECHNIQUES THAT WILL REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF OVER- DOSE AND OTHER HARMS RELATED TO THE USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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