Bill Text: NY A01401 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires anti-bias training for every medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the state, and requires the department of health to make an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of such training.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to health [A01401 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01401-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1401

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  requiring  anti-
          bias  training  for every medical student, medical resident and physi-
          cian assistant student in the state

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Article 2 of the public health law is amended by adding a
     2  new title 3-A to read as follows:
     3                                  TITLE 3-A
     4                             ANTI-BIAS TRAINING
     5  Section 245. Training in bias awareness and elimination practices.
     6    § 245. Training in bias awareness and elimination practices. (a) Every
     7  medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the
     8  state as part of the orientation programs conducted by medical  schools,
     9  medical  residency  programs  and  physician  assistant  programs  shall
    10  complete course work or training, approved by the department,  regarding
    11  awareness  of  and  elimination practices for both implicit and explicit
    12  bias.
    13    (b) Every medical student, medical resident  and  physician  assistant
    14  student  in  the  state  shall  provide  to the department documentation
    15  demonstrating the completion of and  competence  in  the  coursework  or
    16  training required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.
    17    (c) The department shall consult with the state board for medicine and
    18  the  division  of human rights in developing guidelines for the training
    19  required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.
    20    (d) One year after the effective date of  this  section  and  annually
    21  every  year  thereafter,  the  department  shall  submit a report to the
    22  governor and the legislature on the implementation and effectiveness  of
    23  the training required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00173-01-1
        A. 1401                             2

     1    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     2  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     3  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     4  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
     5  completed on or before such effective date.