Bill Text: NY A03693 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that hospitals which offer medical residency training in obstetrics, gynecology, internal medicine, women's health and osteopathy shall provide training which follows the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association special requirements for obstetrics-gynecology; provides for experience with induced abortions and complications thereto except where residency program has a religious, moral or legal restriction which prohibits residents from performing abortions within the institution.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to health [A03693 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03693-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3693
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. GLICK, JAFFEE, GOTTFRIED, CLARK -- Multi-Spon-
         sored by -- M. of A.  DINOWITZ, PAULIN -- read once  and  referred  to
         the Committee on Health
       AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to medical residency
         training
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
    2  2801-i to read as follows:
    3    S 2801-I. MEDICAL RESIDENT TRAINING; CERTAIN REQUIRED  TRAINING.    1.
    4  ANY HOSPITAL WHICH RECEIVES ANY REIMBURSEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
    5  OF THIS ARTICLE AND WHICH OFFERS ALLOPATHIC OR OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL RESI-
    6  DENT  TRAINING  IN  OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY, INTERNAL MEDICINE OR WOMEN'S
    7  HEALTH SHALL PROVIDE TRAINING THAT FOLLOWS THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL  ON
    8  GRADUATE  MEDICAL  EDUCATION  OR  THE  AMERICAN  OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION
    9  SPECIAL  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  OBSTETRICS-GYNECOLOGY.  THE  PROGRAM   SHALL
   10  PROVIDE  A  STRUCTURED  DIDACTIC AND CLINICAL TRAINING EXPERIENCE IN ALL
   11  METHODS OF FAMILY PLANNING.  TOPICS SHALL INCLUDE ALL REVERSIBLE METHODS
   12  OF CONTRACEPTION, INCLUDING NATURAL METHODS, AS WELL  AS  STERILIZATION.
   13  THE  PROGRAM  SHALL INCLUDE EXPERIENCE IN MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS AS
   14  WELL AS TRAINING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE PROCEDURES. SUCH  EDUCATION
   15  CAN  BE  PROVIDED  OUTSIDE  THE INSTITUTION, IN AN APPROPRIATE FACILITY,
   16  UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF APPROPRIATELY TRAINED FACULTY.
   17    2. EXPERIENCE WITH INDUCED ABORTION SHALL BE PART OF RESIDENCY  TRAIN-
   18  ING,  EXCEPT  FOR  RESIDENTS  WITH  MORAL  OR RELIGIOUS OBJECTIONS. SUCH
   19  EDUCATION CAN BE  PROVIDED  OUTSIDE  THE  INSTITUTION.  EXPERIENCE  WITH
   20  MANAGEMENT  OF  COMPLICATIONS OF ABORTION SHALL BE PROVIDED TO ALL RESI-
   21  DENTS.  IF  A  RESIDENCY  PROGRAM  HAS  A  RELIGIOUS,  MORAL  OR   LEGAL
   22  RESTRICTION  WHICH  PROHIBITS  THE  RESIDENTS  FROM PERFORMING ABORTIONS
   23  WITHIN THE INSTITUTION, THE PROGRAM  SHALL  INSURE  THAT  THE  RESIDENTS
   24  RECEIVE  A  SATISFACTORY  EDUCATION  AND EXPERIENCE MANAGING THE COMPLI-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03872-01-5
       A. 3693                             2
    1  CATIONS OF ABORTION. FURTHERMORE, SUCH  RESIDENCY  PROGRAMS  SHALL  HAVE
    2  MECHANISMS  WHICH INSURE THAT RESIDENTS IN THEIR PROGRAM WHO DO NOT HAVE
    3  A RELIGIOUS OR MORAL  OBJECTION  RECEIVE  EDUCATION  AND  EXPERIENCE  IN
    4  PERFORMING ABORTION AT ANOTHER INSTITUTION.
    5    3.  ANY  HOSPITAL WHICH FAILS TO FOLLOW THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
    6  SHALL BE INELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTI-
    7  CLE.
    8    S 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
    9  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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