Assembly Bill A872

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the training requirements for prescribers of certain pain medications

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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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2023-A872 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5066
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3309-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9829, S7102
2021-2022: A3658, S591, S8092

2023-A872 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the training requirements for prescribers of certain pain medications.

2023-A872 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    872
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 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-FOUR, 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
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01291-01-3
 A. 872                              2
              

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