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S02790 Summary:

BILL NOS02790
 
SAME ASSAME AS A08055
 
SPONSORSKOUFIS
 
COSPNSRLIU, RAMOS
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§6526 & 6908, Ed L
 
Allows for unlicensed individuals to collect throat or nasopharyngeal swab specimens and to perform certain nursing tasks during a state disaster emergency.
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S02790 Actions:

BILL NOS02790
 
01/24/2023REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
01/03/2024REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
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S02790 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2790
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 24, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, LIU -- 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  allowing  for  unli-
          censed  individuals to collect throat or nasopharyngeal swab specimens
          and to perform certain nursing tasks during certain state of  disaster
          emergencies
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 6526 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
     3    11. Any person in a declared state of disaster emergency for a disease
     4  outbreak  or epidemic, pursuant to section twenty-eight of the executive
     5  law, shall be permitted, upon  the  successful  completion  of  training
     6  deemed adequate by the commissioner, to collect throat or nasopharyngeal
     7  swab specimens from individuals suspected of being infected by an infec-
     8  tious  disease, for purposes of testing.  The commissioner, in consulta-
     9  tion with the commissioner of health, shall establish training  require-
    10  ments  for  unlicensed  individuals  to collect throat or nasopharyngeal
    11  swab specimens.
    12    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 6908 of the education law is amended  by
    13  adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
    14    i.  As  prohibiting  in  a  declared state of disaster emergency for a
    15  disease outbreak or epidemic, pursuant to section  twenty-eight  of  the
    16  executive  law,  to  the  extent  necessary, non-nursing staff, upon the
    17  successful completion of training deemed adequate by  the  commissioner,
    18  to perform tasks, under the supervision of a nurse, otherwise limited to
    19  the  scope  of  practice of a licensed or registered nurse.  The commis-
    20  sioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall establish
    21  training requirements for non-nursing staff to perform the tasks permit-
    22  ted by this paragraph.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05839-01-3
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