Bill Text: NY S00954 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires cultural awareness and competence training for medical professionals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-05 - PRINT NUMBER 954A [S00954 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00954-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         954--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  SERRANO,  HASSELL-THOMPSON,  KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY,
          PERKINS, RIVERA, SANDERS, SAVINO -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,
          and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
          -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with
          Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        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:
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-d
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  6505-d.  Course  work  or training in cultural awareness and compe-
     4  tence. 1. Every  physician,  physician  assistant,  dentist,  registered
     5  nurse, licensed practical nurse, podiatrist, optometrist and nurse prac-
     6  titioner practicing in the state who provides direct medical services to
     7  patients  in  this  state  shall,  on or before July first, two thousand
     8  sixteen and every registration period thereafter, complete  course  work
     9  or training regarding cultural awareness and competence in the provision
    10  of  medical services in accordance with  regulated standards promulgated
    11  by the department, in consultation with the department of  health.  Such
    12  cultural  awareness and competence course work or training shall require
    13  two hours of course work or training  encompassing  minority  healthcare
    14  issues  including  ethnic, religious, linguistic, sexual orientation and
    15  gender identity healthcare issues and their impact on  minority  health-
    16  care.  In promulgating regulatory standards pursuant to this section the
    17  department is advised to consult with  organizations  representative  of
    18  professions, institutions and those with expertise in cultural awareness
    19  and competence.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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