New York Assembly Bill 6603 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: Introduced on March 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-08 - referred to higher education
Pending: Assembly Higher Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; requires biennial training in the non-discriminatory provision of medical services for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, dental hygienists, registered and licensed practical nurses, podiatrists, and optometrists; authorizes the department of education to develop the training in consultation with the department of health and other experts; provides for documentation and exemption from the requirements; provides for a public education program on minority health; appropriates $100,000 therefor.

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; requires biennial training in the non-discriminatory provision of medical services for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, dental hygienists, registered and licensed practical nurses, podiatrists, and optometrists; authorizes the department of education to develop the training in consultation with the department of health and other experts; provides for documentation and exemption from the requirements; provides for a public education program on minority health; appropriates $100,000 therefor.

Asm. Carmen De La Rosa [D]	Asm. Ellen Jaffee [D]	Asm. Michael Miller [D]	Asm. Crystal Peoples-Stokes [D]
Asm. Jaime Williams [D]	Asm. Inez Dickens [D]	Asm. Jo Simon [D]	Asm. Walter Mosley [D]
Asm. Michael Blake [D]	Asm. Charles Barron [D]	Asm. Jose Rivera [D]	Asm. Rebecca Seawright [D]
Asm. Kimberly Jean-Pierre [D]	Asm. Catalina Cruz [D]	Asm. Nader Sayegh [D]	Asm. Carmen Arroyo [D]
Asm. Anthony D'Urso [D]	Asm. Marcos Crespo [D]	Asm. Felix Ortiz [D]	Asm. Aravella Simotas [D]
Asm. Vivian Cook [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-08	Assembly	referred to higher education
2019-03-14	Assembly	referred to higher education

S06767 (Same As) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6603
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A06603&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A06603