Assembly Bill A8299

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to certified medication aides

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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-A8299 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8635
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6908 & 6909, Ed L; amd §2803-j, Pub Health L

2023-A8299 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for certified medication aides to administer certain medications in residential health care facilities.

2023-A8299 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8299
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CLARK, PAULIN -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
   to certified medication aides
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  6908 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS  PROHIBITING  MEDICATION-RE-
 LATED  TASKS  PROVIDED BY A CERTIFIED MEDICATION AIDE WORKING IN A RESI-
 DENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY, AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED
 ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, IN ACCORDANCE WITH  REGULATIONS  DEVELOPED
 BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
 THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL
 ADOPT REGULATIONS GOVERNING CERTIFIED MEDICATION AIDES THAT, AT A  MINI-
 MUM, SHALL:
   A.  SPECIFY  THE  MEDICATION-RELATED  TASKS  THAT  MAY BE PERFORMED BY
 CERTIFIED MEDICATION AIDES PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  SUCH  TASKS
 SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS WHICH ARE ROUTINE AND
 PRE-FILLED OR OTHERWISE PACKAGED IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES RELATIVE EASE
 OF  ADMINISTRATION,  PROVIDED  THAT  ADMINISTRATION  OF  MEDICATIONS  BY
 INJECTION,  STERILE  PROCEDURES,  AND  CENTRAL LINE MAINTENANCE SHALL BE
 PROHIBITED. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  SUCH  PROHIBITION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO
 INJECTIONS  OF  INSULIN  OR  OTHER  INJECTIONS  FOR  DIABETES  CARE,  TO
 INJECTIONS OF LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN, AND TO  PRE-FILLED  AUTO-IN-
 JECTIONS  OF  NALOXONE  AND  EPINEPHRINE  FOR  EMERGENCY  PURPOSES,  AND
 PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT ENTITIES EMPLOYING  CERTIFIED  MEDICATION  AIDES
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL ESTABLISH A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO
 ADDRESS DRUG DIVERSION;
   B. PROVIDE THAT MEDICATION-RELATED TASKS PERFORMED BY CERTIFIED  MEDI-
 CATION AIDES MAY BE PERFORMED ONLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A REGISTERED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13620-01-3
              

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