Assembly Bill A8055

2023-2024 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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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A8055 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2790
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6526 & 6908, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8569
2021-2022: A9816, S1882

2023-A8055 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A8055 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8055
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. JEAN-PIERRE, DICKENS, DARLING, TAYLOR, GIBBS,
   CLARK, K. BROWN, LEMONDES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  SIMON  --
   read once and referred 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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