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A05985 Summary:

BILL NOA05985A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04401-A
 
SPONSORRosenthal L
 
COSPNSRSimon, McDonald, Reyes, Fahy, Davila
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add 264, Pub Health L
 
Requires the department of health to develop, maintain, and distribute to practicing and licensed physicians in the state a resource library related to continuing medical education and training opportunities regarding nutrition.
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A05985 Actions:

BILL NOA05985A
 
03/28/2023referred to higher education
05/19/2023amend and recommit to higher education
05/19/2023print number 5985a
05/23/2023reported referred to rules
05/24/2023reported
05/24/2023rules report cal.259
05/24/2023ordered to third reading rules cal.259
05/24/2023passed assembly
05/24/2023delivered to senate
05/24/2023REFERRED TO FINANCE
06/08/2023SUBSTITUTED FOR S4401A
06/08/20233RD READING CAL.1477
06/08/2023PASSED SENATE
06/08/2023RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
12/12/2023delivered to governor
12/22/2023signed chap.743
12/22/2023approval memo.67
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A05985 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5985--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 28, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, SIMON, McDONALD, REYES -- read once
          and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  -- committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to physician  course-
          work or training in nutrition

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  264 to read as follows:
     3    §  264. Provision of information related to coursework and training in
     4  nutrition. 1. The department shall develop, maintain, and distribute  to
     5  licensed  physicians in the state a resource library related to continu-
     6  ing medical  education  courses  and  training  opportunities  regarding
     7  nutrition,  which  may  include but not be limited to plant-based nutri-
     8  tion, clinically proven methods for the prevention, reversal, and treat-
     9  ment of diet-related illnesses, and  informational  resources  regarding
    10  racial disparities in outcomes for diet-related diseases.
    11    2.  The  resource  library  shall  be  made  publicly available on the
    12  department's website, and shall be updated  and  redistributed  no  less
    13  frequently than every two years via email.
    14    3.  In  compiling  such  resources,  the department shall consult with
    15  organizations representative  of  professions,  institutions  of  higher
    16  education,  and  those  with  expertise in nutrition and the prevention,
    17  reversal, and treatment of diet-related illnesses.
    18    4. The department shall conduct a follow-up survey three  years  after
    19  the first distribution of the resource library to ascertain what propor-
    20  tion  of  physicians  in  the  state  voluntarily  enrolled in nutrition
    21  continuing medical education courses and  trainings  to  determine  best
    22  practices  for  delivering  information  about  the availability of such
    23  courses and trainings. The department shall make a report on the results
    24  of such survey available to the public on the department's website.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect June 1, 2024.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08959-08-3
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