Senate Bill S259

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education 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-S259 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A548
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6505-e, Ed L; amd §2805-k, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1328, A5936
2011-2012: S2743, A5185, A6449
2013-2014: S925, A6746, A8689
2015-2016: S954, A770
2017-2018: S3456, A626
2019-2020: S2406, A2886
2021-2022: S1352, A4515, A9828

2023-S259 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals, including two hours of course work or training encompassing minority healthcare issues; provides an exemption for certain individuals; requires hospitals and facilities to request documentation of the completion of training from employees and prospective employees.

2023-S259 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S259 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    259
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, BAILEY, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KENNEDY, KRUEGER,
   MAY,  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
   committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
   to requiring cultural awareness and competence  training  for  medical
   professionals
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-e
 to read as follows:
   § 6505-E. COURSE WORK OR TRAINING IN  CULTURAL  AWARENESS  AND  COMPE-
 TENCE.  1.  EVERY  PHYSICIAN,  PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANT, DENTIST, REGISTERED
 NURSE, LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE, PODIATRIST, OPTOMETRIST AND NURSE PRAC-
 TITIONER PRACTICING IN THE STATE WHO PROVIDES DIRECT MEDICAL SERVICES TO
 PATIENTS IN THIS STATE SHALL, ON OR  BEFORE  JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR  AND  EVERY  REGISTRATION PERIOD THEREAFTER, COMPLETE COURSE
 WORK OR TRAINING REGARDING CULTURAL  AWARENESS  AND  COMPETENCE  IN  THE
 PROVISION  OF  MEDICAL  SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH  REGULATED STANDARDS
 PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 HEALTH.  SUCH  CULTURAL AWARENESS AND COMPETENCE COURSE WORK OR TRAINING
 SHALL REQUIRE TWO HOURS OF COURSE WORK OR TRAINING ENCOMPASSING MINORITY
 HEALTHCARE ISSUES INCLUDING ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS, LINGUISTIC, SEXUAL ORIEN-
 TATION AND GENDER IDENTITY HEALTHCARE ISSUES AND THEIR IMPACT ON MINORI-
 TY HEALTHCARE. IN PROMULGATING REGULATORY  STANDARDS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  THE  DEPARTMENT IS ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH ORGANIZATIONS REPRE-
 SENTATIVE OF PROFESSIONS,  INSTITUTIONS  AND  THOSE  WITH  EXPERTISE  IN
 CULTURAL AWARENESS AND COMPETENCE.
   2.  AS  USED IN THIS SECTION, "ACCEPTABLE FORMAL CONTINUING EDUCATION"
 SHALL MEAN FORMAL PROGRAMS OF LEARNING WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO  PROFESSIONAL
 PRACTICE  AND  WHICH MEET THE STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY REGULATIONS OF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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