NY State Senate Bill 2025-S3146

Senate Bill S3146

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

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Jan 23, 2025	referred to higher education

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2025-S3146 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2452
Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§6529-a, 6546-a, 6907-b & 6958-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S4148, A9199

2025-S3146 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S3146 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S3146

SPONSOR: COONEY
 
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

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new section 6529-a to the education law which author-
izes any person who is licensed to practice as a physician in another
state or territory, in good standing, to provide reproductive health
services in this state without being licensed pursuant to article 131 of
the education law. Such services shall only be provided after such
person applies for a license pursuant to this article, as well as
providing a letter of intent to provide such services and a letter from
an employer or health care entity indicating that the person has
accepted employment. Such person may continue to provide services until
such time that their license or certification to practice is approved or
denied. This section shall not apply to persons licensed in a state or
territory determined to have substandard or nonconforming professional

licensing requirements.

Section 2 adds a similar section 6546-a for physician assistants.

Section 3 adds a similar section 6907-b for nurses.

Section 4 adds a similar section 6958-a for midwives.

Section 5 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Despite contrary efforts across the country, New York State has contin-
ually strengthened the rights and access to reproductive health care. As
the need for these services will only increase in the coming years, the
state must make it easier for more doctors, nurses, and other health
care providers to deliver critical health services to New Yorkers and
those coming to the state for medical assistance.

This bill, by providing temporary authorization to physicians, physician
assistants, nurses, and midwives who are licensed in other states to
provide reproductive health services in this state pending their licens-
ing or certification application, will increase the pool of qualified
reproductive health providers in New. York. This authorization only
applies to those coming from states with rigorous standards and only
lasts for the period of the licensing or certification process with the
State Education Department, to ensure that those providing vital repro-
ductive health care services are doing so in a safe and approved way.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

4148A/A.9199 of 2023-24: Referred to Higher Education

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2025-S3146 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3146
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. COONEY, FERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, WEBB -- 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 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 DEMONSTRATES THEIR INTENT TO PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
 SERVICES  BY  PROVIDING  A  LETTER  DECLARING  THE PERSON'S INTENTION TO
 PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES AND A LETTER FROM AN EMPLOYER OR HEALTH CARE ENTI-
 TY INDICATING THAT THE PERSON HAS ACCEPTED EMPLOYMENT OR ENTERED INTO  A
 CONTRACT  TO  PROVIDE  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH SERVICES, THE PERSON'S START
 DATE AND  THE  LOCATION  WHERE  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  SERVICES  WILL  BE
 PROVIDED.  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, THAT SUCH PERSON SHALL COMPLY
 WITH ALL APPLICABLE LICENSURE  AND  REGULATORY  REQUIREMENTS  AND  SHALL
 PRACTICE  WITHIN  THE  SCOPE  OF THEIR LICENSE.   PROVIDED FURTHER, THIS
 SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO PERSONS LICENSED  IN  A  STATE  OR  TERRITORY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03158-01-5
 S. 3146                             2

 
 DETERMINED  TO  HAVE SUBSTANDARD OR NONCONFORMING PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
 REQUIREMENTS, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6546-a to
 read as follows:
   §  6546-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 ASSISTANT IN ANOTHER STATE OR TERRI-
 TORY, WHO IS IN GOOD STANDING IN SUCH STATE  OR  TERRITORY  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 DEMONSTRATES THEIR  INTENT  TO  PROVIDE  REPRODUCTIVE
 HEALTH  SERVICES  BY PROVIDING A LETTER DECLARING THE PERSON'S INTENTION
 TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES AND A LETTER FROM AN EMPLOYER  OR  HEALTH  CARE
 ENTITY  INDICATING  THAT  THE  PERSON HAS ACCEPTED EMPLOYMENT OR ENTERED
 INTO A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH  SERVICES,  THE  PERSON'S
 START  DATE  AND THE LOCATION WHERE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES WILL BE
 PROVIDED.  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, THAT SUCH PERSON  SHALL  COMPLY
 WITH  ALL  APPLICABLE  LICENSURE  AND  REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND SHALL
 PRACTICE WITHIN THE SCOPE  OF  THEIR  LICENSE.  PROVIDED  FURTHER,  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.
   §  3.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6907-b to
 read as follows:
   §  6907-B.  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  IN  ANOTHER  STATE  OR  TERRITORY.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISION  OF LAW, ANY PERSON WHO IS
 LICENSED TO PRACTICE AS A NURSE PRACTITIONER OR REGISTERED  PROFESSIONAL
 NURSE  IN  ANOTHER  STATE  OR TERRITORY, WHO IS IN GOOD STANDING IN SUCH
 STATE OR TERRITORY 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 DEMONSTRATES THEIR
 INTENT TO PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES  BY  PROVIDING  A  LETTER
 DECLARING  THE  PERSON'S INTENTION TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES AND A LETTER
 FROM AN EMPLOYER OR HEALTH CARE ENTITY INDICATING THAT  THE  PERSON  HAS
 ACCEPTED  EMPLOYMENT  OR ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE
 HEALTH SERVICES, THE PERSON'S START DATE AND THE LOCATION  WHERE  REPRO-
 DUCTIVE  HEALTH  SERVICES  WILL  BE  PROVIDED.  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, THAT SUCH PERSON SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE LICENSURE AND
 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND SHALL PRACTICE WITHIN  THE  SCOPE  OF  THEIR
 LICENSE.  PROVIDED  FURTHER,  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.
   § 4. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  6958-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  6958-A.  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  IN  ANOTHER  STATE  OR  TERRITORY.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW,  ANY  PERSON  WHO  IS
 LICENSED  TO PRACTICE AS A MIDWIFE IN ANOTHER STATE OR TERRITORY, WHO IS
 S. 3146                             3
 
 IN GOOD STANDING IN SUCH STATE OR  TERRITORY  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 DEMONSTRATES THEIR INTENT TO PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
 SERVICES  BY  PROVIDING  A  LETTER  DECLARING  THE PERSON'S INTENTION TO
 PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES AND A LETTER FROM AN EMPLOYER OR HEALTH CARE ENTI-
 TY INDICATING THAT THE PERSON HAS ACCEPTED EMPLOYMENT OR ENTERED INTO  A
 CONTRACT  TO  PROVIDE  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH SERVICES, THE PERSON'S START
 DATE AND  THE  LOCATION  WHERE  REPRODUCTIVE  HEALTH  SERVICES  WILL  BE
 PROVIDED.  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, THAT SUCH PERSON SHALL COMPLY
 WITH ALL APPLICABLE LICENSURE  AND  REGULATORY  REQUIREMENTS  AND  SHALL
 PRACTICE  WITHIN  THE  SCOPE  OF THEIR LICENSE.   PROVIDED FURTHER, 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.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Sponsored By

Jeremy Cooney

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

co-Sponsors

Nathalia Fernandez

Andrew Gounardes

Robert Jackson

Lea Webb

2025-S3146 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S3146 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S3146 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3146 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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