Senate Bill S1882

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing for unlicensed individuals to collect throat or nasopharyngeal swab specimens and to perform certain nursing tasks during a state of disaster emergency

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  • 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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2021-S1882 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9816
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6526 & 6908, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8569
2023-2024: S2790, A8055

2021-S1882 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for unlicensed individuals to collect throat or nasopharyngeal swab specimens and to perform certain nursing tasks during a state disaster emergency.

2021-S1882 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1882 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1882
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  allowing  for  unli-
   censed  individuals to collect throat or nasopharyngeal swab specimens
   and to perform certain nursing tasks during certain state of  disaster
   emergencies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 6526 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11. ANY PERSON IN A DECLARED STATE OF DISASTER EMERGENCY FOR A DISEASE
 OUTBREAK  OR EPIDEMIC, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE
 LAW, SHALL BE PERMITTED, UPON  THE  SUCCESSFUL  COMPLETION  OF  TRAINING
 DEEMED ADEQUATE BY THE COMMISSIONER, TO COLLECT THROAT OR NASOPHARYNGEAL
 SWAB SPECIMENS FROM INDIVIDUALS SUSPECTED OF BEING INFECTED BY AN INFEC-
 TIOUS  DISEASE, FOR PURPOSES OF TESTING.  THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTA-
 TION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL ESTABLISH TRAINING  REQUIRE-
 MENTS  FOR  UNLICENSED  INDIVIDUALS  TO COLLECT THROAT OR NASOPHARYNGEAL
 SWAB SPECIMENS.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 6908 of the education law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
   I.  AS  PROHIBITING  IN  A  DECLARED STATE OF DISASTER EMERGENCY FOR A
 DISEASE OUTBREAK OR EPIDEMIC, PURSUANT TO SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  OF  THE
 EXECUTIVE  LAW,  TO  THE  EXTENT  NECESSARY, NON-NURSING STAFF, UPON THE
 SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF TRAINING DEEMED ADEQUATE BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,
 TO PERFORM TASKS, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A NURSE, OTHERWISE LIMITED TO
 THE  SCOPE  OF  PRACTICE OF A LICENSED OR REGISTERED NURSE.  THE COMMIS-
 SIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL ESTABLISH
 TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-NURSING STAFF TO PERFORM THE TASKS PERMIT-
 TED BY THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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