NY State Senate Bill 2021-S9137

Senate Bill S9137

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state

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May 10, 2022	referred to higher education

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2021-S9137 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10356
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §6529-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S4445

2021-S9137 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes physicians licensed to practice in other jurisdictions and who hold certification in obstetrics or gynecology from the American board of obstetrics and gynecology to practice in this state.

2021-S9137 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9137

SPONSOR: GAUGHRAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing certain
health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to
practice in this state

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To allow out of state physicians who are board certified in obstetrics
and gynecology and who are in good standing in their home state or
territory to provide reproductive health services in New York state
while waiting full licensure.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends the education law by adding a new section 6529-a,
which would allow out of state physicians to provide reproductive health
services in this state while awaiting full licensure.

Section 2. Provides for an immediate effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

It is anticipated that an influx of out of state residents will seek
reproductive health services in our state in the event that Roe v.  Wade
is overturned, in whole or in part, by the US Supreme Court.  This bill
is meant to ensure that the state will have enough providers to meet
this increased demand by allowing out of state providers to provide
reproductive health services in this state while they await full licen-
sure.

Out of state practitioners were granted practice privileges in New York
state during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are also regularly provided
with temporary practice authority for largely attended events, such as
marathons. This bill requires that out of state physicians granted this
authority must have a pending application for full licensure with the
state education department, that they be board certified and in good
standing in their home territory or state, and that the their home
territory or state have comparable licensing requirements to those
required in New York state.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S9137 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9137
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- 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  authorizing  certain
   health  care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions
   to practice in this state
 
   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 6529-a
 to read as follows:
   §  6529-A.  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  IN  ANOTHER  STATE  OR  TERRITORY.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW,  ANY  PERSON  WHO  IS
 LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE AS A PHYSICIAN IN ANOTHER STATE OR TERRITORY, WHO
 IS IN GOOD STANDING IN SUCH STATE OR TERRITORY  AND  WHO  HOLDS  CERTIF-
 ICATION  IN  OBSTETRICS OR GYNECOLOGY FROM THE AMERICAN BOARD OF OBSTET-
 RICS AND GYNECOLOGY, MAY PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITHIN THIS STATE
 TO PERSONS SEEKING REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  SERVICES  WITHOUT  FIRST  BEING
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE. SUCH SERVICES SHALL
 BE PROVIDED ONLY AFTER SUCH PERSON APPLIES FOR A LICENSE PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, AS MAY BE APPLICABLE, AND SUCH PERSON MAY
 CONTINUE PROVIDING SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  UNTIL  SUCH  TIME
 THAT  THEIR  LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION TO PRACTICE IS APPROVED OR DENIED.
 PROVIDED HOWEVER, THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO PERSONS LICENSED IN  A
 STATE  OR  TERRITORY  DETERMINED  TO  HAVE  SUBSTANDARD OR NONCONFORMING
 PROFESSIONAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15683-04-2

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