Bill Text: NY S08925 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires certain professionals to provide and the state education department to collect information about the practice of their professions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-19 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08925 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08925-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8925

                    IN SENATE

                                     August 19, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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  requiring  certain
          professionals to provide and the state education department to collect
          information  about  the  practice  of their professions; and repealing
          certain provisions of such law relating thereto

          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 6502-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 6502-a. Renewal of professional license, certification, or registra-
     4  tion.  1. This section shall apply to healthcare professionals licensed,
     5  certified, registered or authorized pursuant to this  title  other  than
     6  those  licensed or registered pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one
     7  of this title.
     8    2. In conjunction  with  and  as  a  condition  of  each  registration
     9  renewal,  the professionals described in subdivision one of this section
    10  shall provide to the department, and the department shall collect,  such
    11  information  and  documentation required by the department, in consulta-
    12  tion with the department of  health,  as  is  necessary  to  enable  the
    13  department  of  health  to  evaluate  access  to needed services in this
    14  state, including, but not limited to, the location and type  of  setting
    15  in  which the professional practices and other relevant information. The
    16  department of health, in consultation with the  department,  shall  make
    17  such  data  available  in  aggregate,  de-identified  form on a publicly
    18  accessible website.
    19    3. The dates by which the professionals described in  subdivision  one
    20  of  this section must comply with the requirements of subdivision two of
    21  this section shall be determined by  the  department  and  may  vary  by
    22  profession, to allow the development and refinement of necessary program
    23  features  and  to  allow  sufficient  advanced  notice to be provided to
    24  affected professionals. The provisions of this section shall  be  effec-
    25  tive  only  if  and  for  so  long  as  an appropriation is made for the
    26  purposes of its implementation.
    27    § 2. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 6902 of  the  education
    28  law is REPEALED.
    29    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD17156-01-0