Assembly Actions -
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Jan 28, 2014 |
print number 2309a |
Jan 28, 2014 |
amend and recommit to higher education |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to higher education |
Jan 15, 2013 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S2309A
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2013-S2309 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6902, add §6912, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S2948
2011-2012: S324
2013-S2309 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2309 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to services performed by nurse practitioners PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To end the requirement of a collaboration agreement between a nurse practitioner and a physician as a condition for practice, and provide coverage for nurse practitioner services. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends the nurse practice act in Education Law to delete the requirements for a collaboration agreement and practice protocols between nurse practitioners and physicians. Section 2 establishes a nurse practitioner advisory panel, appointed by the Regents. JUSTIFICATION: Nurse practitioners (NPs) Practice in a variety of primary and specialty care settings including ambulatory, acute, long term care. Nurse practitioners are licensed and certified by the State Education Department to diagnose illness and physical conditions and perform therapeutic and corrective measures, order tests, prescribe medications, medical devices and immunizing agents and, when appropriate, refer patients to other health care providers, without direct supervision. In addition to their advance certification by the
2013-S2309 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2309 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 15, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, AVELLA, ESPAILLAT, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KLEIN, PERKINS -- 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 services performed by nurse practitioners THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6902 of the education law, as added by chapter 257 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows: 3. (a) The practice of registered professional nursing by a nurse practitioner, certified under section six thousand nine hundred ten of this article, may include the diagnosis of illness and physical condi- tions and the performance of therapeutic and corrective measures within a specialty area of practice[, in collaboration with a licensed physi- cian qualified to collaborate in the specialty involved, provided such services are performed in accordance with a written practice agreement and written practice protocols. The written practice agreement shall include explicit provisions for the resolution of any disagreement between the collaborating physician and the nurse practitioner regarding a matter of diagnosis or treatment that is within the scope of practice of both. To the extent the practice agreement does not so provide, then the collaborating physician's diagnosis or treatment shall prevail]. (b) Prescriptions for drugs, devices and immunizing agents may be issued by a nurse practitioner, under this subdivision and section six thousand nine hundred ten of this article[, in accordance with the prac- tice agreement and practice protocols]. The nurse practitioner shall obtain a certificate from the department upon successfully completing a program including an appropriate pharmacology component, or its equiv- alent, as established by the commissioner's regulations, prior to prescribing under this subdivision. The certificate issued under section six thousand nine hundred ten of this article shall state whether the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06944-01-3
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2013-S2309A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6902, add §6912, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S2948
2011-2012: S324
2013-S2309A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2309A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to services performed by nurse practitioners PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To end the requirement of a collaboration agreement between a nurse practitioner and a physician as a condition for practice, and provide coverage for nurse practitioner services. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends the nurse practice act in Education Law to delete the requirements for a collaboration agreement and practice protocols between nurse practitioners and physicians. Section 2 establishes a nurse practitioner advisory panel, appointed by the Regents. JUSTIFICATION: Nurse practitioners (NPs) Practice in a variety of primary and specialty care settings including ambulatory, acute, long term care. Nurse practitioners are licensed and certified by the State Education. Department to diagnose illness and physical conditions and perform therapeutic and corrective measures, order tests, prescribe medications, medical devices and immunizing agents and, when appropriate, refer patients to other health care providers, without direct supervision. In addition to their advance certification by the
2013-S2309A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2309--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 15, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, AVELLA, ESPAILLAT, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KLEIN, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to services performed by nurse practitioners THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6902 of the education law, as added by chapter 257 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows: 3. (a) The practice of registered professional nursing by a nurse practitioner, certified under section six thousand nine hundred ten of this article, may include the diagnosis of illness and physical condi- tions and the performance of therapeutic and corrective measures within a specialty area of practice[, in collaboration with a licensed physi- cian qualified to collaborate in the specialty involved, provided such services are performed in accordance with a written practice agreement and written practice protocols. The written practice agreement shall include explicit provisions for the resolution of any disagreement between the collaborating physician and the nurse practitioner regarding a matter of diagnosis or treatment that is within the scope of practice of both. To the extent the practice agreement does not so provide, then the collaborating physician's diagnosis or treatment shall prevail]. (b) Prescriptions for drugs, devices and immunizing agents may be issued by a nurse practitioner, under this subdivision and section six thousand nine hundred ten of this article[, in accordance with the prac- tice agreement and practice protocols]. The nurse practitioner shall obtain a certificate from the department upon successfully completing a program including an appropriate pharmacology component, or its equiv- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06944-07-4
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