Bill Text: NY S06785 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that a physician must complete education regarding the screening of children for adverse childhood experiences prior to re-registration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S06785 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06785-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6785

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    October 18, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requirements  for  the
          re-registration for physicians

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 6524 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
     3    (12) (a) As used in this section:
     4    (i) "Adverse childhood experiences" means stressful or traumatic expe-
     5  riences  experienced during childhood, which are strongly related to the
     6  development and prevalence of a wide range of health problems throughout
     7  a person's lifetime, including, but not limited to  physical  or  sexual
     8  abuse;  domestic violence; parental mental illness; substance abuse; and
     9  incarceration.
    10    (ii) "Continuing medical education  organization"  means  an  accredi-
    11  tation  council  for continuing medical education, a physician specialty
    12  organization, or any other appropriate  entity,  as  determined  by  the
    13  commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health.
    14    (iii)  "Physician  specialty organization" means the American Board of
    15  Medical Specialties; the  American  Osteopathic  Association  Bureau  of
    16  Professional Education; the American Board of Physician Specialties; the
    17  Royal  College of Physicians of Canada; and any other entity maintaining
    18  standards for and certifying physician specialty certification  that  is
    19  approved  by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education, or
    20  any other equivalent entity,  as  determined  by  the  commissioner,  in
    21  consultation with the commissioner of health.
    22    (b) No physician may be re-registered unless he or she, as part of the
    23  re-registration   application,   includes  an  attestation,  in  a  form
    24  prescribed by the commissioner, that he or she has previously  completed
    25  at  least  four  hours of continuing medical education from a continuing

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01060-01-9
        S. 6785                             2

     1  medical education organization on the screening of children for  adverse
     2  childhood  experiences; provided, that the commissioner, in consultation
     3  with the commissioner of health, shall provide for an exemption  process
     4  based on the nature of the physician's practice.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     6  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     7  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     8  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
     9  completed by the commissioner of education on or before such date.