Bill Text: NY A07320 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes training and registration requirements for patient care technicians; requires training programs to be conducted by hospitals, residential health care facilities, home care services agencies, degree and non-degree granting institutions of higher education, or any other entity approved by the commissioner to conduct such a program; provides such training shall include, but not be limited to an overview of the roles and responsibilities of patient care technicians in hospitals, residential care facilities and the home care environment, an overview of various patient care services provided in hospitals, residential care facilities and the home care environment, and the legal scope of practice for patient care technicians; defines terms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-10 - held for consideration in health [A07320 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A07320-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7320 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 5, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing training and registration requirements for patient care technicians 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 article 2 37-B to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 37-B 4 PATIENT CARE TECHNICIANS 5 Section 3720. Definitions. 6 3721. Training requirements for patient care technicians. 7 3722. Patient care technician; use of title and provision of 8 services. 9 3723. Exemption. 10 § 3720. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following 11 terms shall have the following meanings: 12 1. "Patient care technician" means any person, other than a healthcare 13 professional or a certified nurse aide, who performs patient care tech- 14 nician services on a human in a hospital, a residential health care 15 facility, or a home as part of the provision of home care services and 16 has successfully completed the training requirements established pursu- 17 ant to section thirty-seven hundred twenty-one of this article and the 18 registration requirement established pursuant to section thirty-seven 19 hundred twenty-two of this article. 20 2. "Patient care technician trainee" means any person, other than a 21 healthcare professional or a certified nurse aide, who performs patient 22 care technician services on a human in a hospital, a residential health 23 care facility, or a home as part of the provision of home care services 24 and has enrolled in or completed the training required by section thir- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10925-01-1A. 7320 2 1 ty-seven hundred twenty-one of this article and has not registered 2 pursuant to section thirty-seven hundred twenty-two of this article. 3 3. "Hospital" means a hospital as defined in section twenty-eight 4 hundred one of this chapter. 5 4. "Residential health care facility" means a residential health care 6 facility as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter. 7 5. "Home care services" means home care services as defined in section 8 thirty-six hundred two of this chapter. 9 6. "Healthcare professional" means a person licensed or certified to 10 practice a healthcare profession under title eight of the education law, 11 acting within the scope of his or her practice. 12 7. "Certified nurse aide" means any person included in the nursing 13 home nurse aide registry pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred 14 three-j of this chapter. 15 § 3721. Training requirements for patient care technicians. 1. The 16 commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of education, shall 17 establish training requirements for patient care technicians. 18 2. The training requirements established pursuant to this section and 19 the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner shall have 20 clearly defined criteria for evaluating each trainee's attainment of 21 training goals and competency in provision of patient care technician 22 services. Patient care technician training programs may be conducted by: 23 (a) hospitals; 24 (b) residential health care facilities; 25 (c) home care services agencies; 26 (d) degree and non-degree granting institutions of higher education as 27 defined in section two of the education law which are chartered, 28 approved or licensed by the board of regents; or 29 (e) any other entity approved by the commissioner to conduct such a 30 program. 31 3. The training established by this section shall include, but not be 32 limited to, the following topics: 33 (a) an overview of the roles and responsibilities of patient care 34 technicians in hospitals, residential care facilities and the home care 35 environment; 36 (b) an overview of various patient care services provided in hospi- 37 tals, residential care facilities and the home care environment; and 38 (c) the legal scope of practice for patient care technicians. 39 § 3722. Patient care technician; use of title and provision of 40 services. 1. Except as otherwise provided by this article, no person 41 shall use the title "patient care technician" nor provide patient care 42 technician services, as such services are defined by the commissioner, 43 unless such person has completed the training required pursuant to 44 section thirty-seven hundred twenty-one of this article, and has regis- 45 tered with the department pursuant to subdivision two of this section. 46 2. Upon the successful completion of the training required pursuant to 47 section thirty-seven hundred twenty-one of this article, a person may 48 register with the department to become a patient care technician. 49 3. A patient care technician and a patient care technician trainee 50 shall be authorized to perform such procedures and activities as the 51 commissioner shall deem appropriate for the level of training completed 52 by such technician or trainee. 53 § 3723. Exemption. The provisions of section thirty-seven hundred 54 twenty-two of this article shall not apply until one year after the 55 effective date of such section to any person who has been providing 56 patient care technician services for a cumulative period of at a minimumA. 7320 3 1 one year, with such cumulative period occurring within the four years 2 immediately prior to the effective date of such section. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the twelfth month 4 after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, 5 amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the 6 implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be 7 made and completed on or before such effective date.