Assembly Bill A4482

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; public ed program; appropriation

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A4482 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3519
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6505-d, Ed L; amd §§2805-k & 206, Pub Health L; amd §4310, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7172
2019-2020: A6603, S6767
2023-2024: S1933

2021-A4482 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A4482 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4482
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. DE LA ROSA, PEOPLES-STOKES, WILLIAMS, DICKENS,
   SIMON, BARRON, J. RIVERA,  SEAWRIGHT,  JEAN-PIERRE,  CRUZ,  SAYEGH  --
   Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
   to requiring  cultural  awareness  and  competence  training  for  all
   medical  professionals; to amend the public health law, in relation to
   a public health education program; to  amend  the  insurance  law,  in
   relation  to  requiring  health  maintenance  organizations to provide
   funding for such  cultural  awareness  and  competence  training;  and
   making an appropriation therefor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-d
 to read as follows:
   § 6505-D. COURSE WORK OR TRAINING IN  CULTURAL  AWARENESS  AND  COMPE-
 TENCE.  1.  EVERY  PHYSICIAN,  PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANT, DENTIST, REGISTERED
 NURSE, LICENSED PRACTICAL  NURSE,  PODIATRIST,  OPTOMETRIST  AND  DENTAL
 HYGIENIST  PRACTICING  IN  THE STATE SHALL, ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND EVERY TWO YEARS THEREAFTER, COMPLETE COURSE WORK
 OR TRAINING APPROPRIATE TO THE PROFESSIONAL'S PRACTICE APPROVED  BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT  REGARDING  CULTURAL AWARENESS AND COMPETENCE IN THE NON-DIS-
 CRIMINATORY PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATORY
 STANDARDS PROMULGATED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ALSO CONSULT WITH ORGANIZA-
 TIONS REPRESENTATIVE OF PROFESSIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND THOSE WITH  EXPER-
 TISE IN CULTURAL AWARENESS AND COMPETENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE REGULATORY
 STANDARDS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   2. EACH SUCH PROFESSIONAL SHALL DOCUMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT AT THE TIME
 OF REGISTRATION COMMENCING WITH THE FIRST REGISTRATION AFTER JULY FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE THAT THE PROFESSIONAL HAS COMPLETED COURSE WORK
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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