Bill Text: NY S00319 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires anti-bias training for every medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the state; requires the department of health to make an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of such training.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-02-26 - referred to health [S00319 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00319-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           319

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens. SALAZAR, BROUK, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MYRIE,
          PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed to the Committee on Health

        AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to requiring anti-
          bias training for every medical student, medical resident  and  physi-
          cian assistant student in the state

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

     1    Section 1. Article 2 of the public health law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new title 3-A to read as follows:
     3                                  TITLE 3-A
     4                             ANTI-BIAS TRAINING
     5  Section 245. Training in bias awareness and elimination practices.
     6    § 245. Training in bias awareness and elimination practices. (a) Every
     7  medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the
     8  state  as part of the orientation programs conducted by medical schools,
     9  medical  residency  programs  and  physician  assistant  programs  shall
    10  complete  course work or training, approved by the department, regarding
    11  awareness of and elimination practices for both  implicit  and  explicit
    12  bias.
    13    (b)  Every  medical  student, medical resident and physician assistant
    14  student in the state  shall  provide  to  the  department  documentation
    15  demonstrating  the  completion  of  and  competence in the coursework or
    16  training required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.
    17    (c) The department shall consult with the state board for medicine and
    18  the division of human rights in developing guidelines for  the  training
    19  required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.
    20    (d)  One  year  after  the effective date of this section and annually
    21  every year thereafter, the department  shall  submit  a  report  to  the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00463-01-3
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     1  governor  and the legislature on the implementation and effectiveness of
     2  the training required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     4  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     5  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     6  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
     7  completed on or before such effective date.