Senate Bill S8024

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to physician coursework or training in nutrition

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • 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-S8024 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8512
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §264, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.4401-A & A.5985-A); add §6505-e, Ed L

2023-S8024 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to physician coursework or training in nutrition; moves such provisions from the public health law to the education law.

2023-S8024 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8024 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8024
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  physician  coursework
   or  training  in  nutrition;  and  to repeal section 264 of the public
   health law, relating to physician coursework or training in nutrition

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 264 of the public health law, as added by a chapter
 of  the  laws of 2023, amending the public health law relating to physi-
 cian coursework or training in nutrition,  as  proposed  in  legislative
 bills numbers S. 4401-A and A. 5985-A, is REPEALED.
   §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-e to
 read as follows:
   § 6505-E. PROVISION OF INFORMATION RELATED TO COURSEWORK AND  TRAINING
 IN  NUTRITION. 1. THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, SHALL COMPILE A LIST OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION COURSES AND
 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES REGARDING NUTRITION, WHICH MAY INCLUDE BUT NOT BE
 LIMITED TO PLANT-BASED NUTRITION,  CLINICALLY  PROVEN  METHODS  FOR  THE
 PREVENTION,  REVERSAL,  AND  TREATMENT  OF  DIET-RELATED  ILLNESSES, AND
 INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES REGARDING RACIAL  DISPARITIES  IN  OUTCOMES  FOR
 DIET-RELATED DISEASES, THAT ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, AND SHALL DISTRIBUTE
 SUCH  COMPILATION TO PHYSICIANS WHO ARE LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN
 THE STATE.
   2. THE COMPILED LIST SHALL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON  THE  DEPART-
 MENT'S  WEBSITE  AND ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S WEBSITE, AND SHALL BE
 UPDATED AND REDISTRIBUTED NO LESS FREQUENTLY THAN EVERY  TWO  YEARS  VIA
 EMAIL.
   3.  IN  COMPILING  SUCH  RESOURCES,  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT WITH
 ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTATIVE OF PROFESSIONS, AND INSTITUTIONS OF  HIGHER
 EDUCATION,  AND  THE  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SHALL CONSULT WITH THOSE WITH
 EXPERTISE IN NUTRITION AND THE PREVENTION, REVERSAL,  AND  TREATMENT  OF
 DIET-RELATED ILLNESSES.
   §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023, amending the public health  law
 relating  to  physician coursework or training in nutrition, as proposed
 in legislative bills numbers S. 4401-A and A. 5985-A, takes effect.

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