STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7213--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 12, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, BYRNE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on High- er Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring certain professionals to provide and the state education department to collect information about the practice of their professions; and repealing certain provisions of such law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6502-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 6502-a. Renewal of professional license, certification, or registra- 4 tion. 1. This section shall apply to healthcare professionals licensed, 5 certified, registered or authorized pursuant to this title other than 6 those licensed or registered pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one 7 of this title. 8 2. In conjunction with and as a condition of each registration 9 renewal, the professionals described in subdivision one of this section 10 shall provide to the department, and the department shall collect, such 11 information and documentation required by the department, in consulta- 12 tion with the department of health, as is necessary to enable the 13 department of health to evaluate access to needed services in this 14 state, including, but not limited to, the location and type of setting 15 in which the professional practices and other relevant information. The 16 department of health, in consultation with the department, shall make 17 such data available in aggregate, de-identified form on a publicly 18 accessible website. 19 3. The dates by which the professionals described in subdivision one 20 of this section must comply with the requirements of subdivision two of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10964-02-0A. 7213--A 2 1 this section shall be determined by the department and may vary by 2 profession, to allow the development and refinement of necessary program 3 features and to allow sufficient advanced notice to be provided to 4 affected professionals. The provisions of this section shall be effec- 5 tive only if and for so long as an appropriation is made for the 6 purposes of its implementation. 7 § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 6902 of the education 8 law is REPEALED. 9 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.