Bill Text: NY S01445 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias training for physicians, physician assistants and nurses as part of continuing medical education requirements; establishes such training shall be a biennial requirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S01445 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S01445-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1445 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 12, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias training for certain medical person- nel as part of continuing medical education requirements 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 6524-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 6524-a. Mandatory diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias 4 training. 1. All physicians, in order to maintain their license in good 5 standing, shall complete biennial diversity, inclusion and elimination 6 of bias training. 7 2. Such training courses shall be taught by individuals who are: 8 a. representative of the diversity of persons served by the New York 9 health care system; and 10 b. academically trained in diversity, inclusion and the elimination of 11 bias or possess prior experience educating medical professionals about 12 diversity, inclusion and the elimination of bias. 13 3. Such training courses shall include, but not be limited to, the 14 following: 15 a. information on implicit and explicit bias, equal access to medical 16 care, serving a diverse population, diversity and inclusion initiatives, 17 and sensitivity to cultural and other differences when interacting with 18 members of the public or other medical personnel; 19 b. actionable steps medical personnel can take to recognize and 20 address their own implicit biases; 21 c. a discussion of the historical reasons for, and the present conse- 22 quences of, the implicit biases people hold based on the characteristics 23 of another; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04774-01-3S. 1445 2 1 d. examples of how implicit bias affects the perceptions, judgments, 2 and actions of physicians and other medical personnel and how those 3 perceptions, judgments, and actions result in unacceptable disparities 4 in access to medical care; 5 e. the administration of implicit association tests to increase aware- 6 ness of one's unconscious biases; and 7 f. strategies to address how unintended biases in decision making may 8 contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing 9 differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender 10 identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other char- 11 acteristics. 12 4. Beginning one year after the effective date of this section, all 13 physicians licensed under this article shall complete two hours of 14 training biennially. 15 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6541-a to 16 read as follows: 17 § 6541-a. Mandatory diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias 18 training. 1. All physician assistants, in order to maintain their 19 license in good standing, shall complete biennial diversity, inclusion 20 and elimination of bias training. 21 2. Such training courses shall be taught by individuals who are: 22 a. representative of the diversity of persons served by the New York 23 health care system; and 24 b. academically trained in diversity, inclusion and the elimination of 25 bias or possess prior experience educating medical professionals about 26 diversity, inclusion and the elimination of bias. 27 3. Such training courses shall include, but not be limited to, the 28 following: 29 a. information on implicit and explicit bias, equal access to medical 30 care, serving a diverse population, diversity and inclusion initiatives, 31 and sensitivity to cultural and other differences when interacting with 32 members of the public or other medical personnel; 33 b. actionable steps medical personnel can take to recognize and 34 address their own implicit biases; 35 c. a discussion of the historical reasons for, and the present conse- 36 quences of, the implicit biases people hold based on the characteristics 37 of another; 38 d. examples of how implicit bias affects the perceptions, judgments, 39 and actions of physician assistants and other medical personnel and how 40 those perceptions, judgments, and actions result in unacceptable dispar- 41 ities in access to medical care; 42 e. the administration of implicit association tests to increase aware- 43 ness of one's unconscious biases; and 44 f. strategies to address how unintended biases in decision making may 45 contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing 46 differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender 47 identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other char- 48 acteristics. 49 4. Beginning one year after the effective date of this section, all 50 physician assistants licensed under this article shall complete two 51 hours of training biennially. 52 § 3. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6905-a to 53 read as follows: 54 § 6905-a. Mandatory diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias 55 training. 1. All nurses, in order to maintain their license in goodS. 1445 3 1 standing, shall complete biennial diversity, inclusion and elimination 2 of bias training. 3 2. Such training courses shall be taught by individuals who are: 4 a. representative of the diversity of persons served by the New York 5 health care system; and 6 b. academically trained in diversity, inclusion and the elimination of 7 bias or possess prior experience educating medical professionals about 8 diversity, inclusion and the elimination of bias. 9 3. Such training courses shall include, but not be limited to, the 10 following: 11 a. information on implicit and explicit bias, equal access to medical 12 care, serving a diverse population, diversity and inclusion initiatives, 13 and sensitivity to cultural and other differences when interacting with 14 members of the public or other medical personnel; 15 b. actionable steps medical personnel can take to recognize and 16 address their own implicit biases; 17 c. a discussion of the historical reasons for, and the present conse- 18 quences of, the implicit biases people hold based on the characteristics 19 of another; 20 d. examples of how implicit bias affects the perceptions, judgments, 21 and actions of nurses and other medical personnel and how those percep- 22 tions, judgments, and actions result in unacceptable disparities in 23 access to medical care; 24 e. the administration of implicit association tests to increase aware- 25 ness of one's unconscious biases; and 26 f. strategies to address how unintended biases in decision making may 27 contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing 28 differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender 29 identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other char- 30 acteristics. 31 4. Beginning one year after the effective date of this section, all 32 nurses licensed under this article shall complete two hours of training 33 biennially. 34 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 35 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
