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S00317 Summary:

BILL NOS00317
 
SAME ASSAME AS A04116
 
SPONSORSALAZAR
 
COSPNSRBROUK, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MYRIE, PERSAUD, RAMOS, WEBB
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add Art 2 Title 3-A §245, Pub Health L
 
Requires anti-bias training for every medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the state; requires the department of health to make an annual report on the implementation and effectiveness of such training.
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S00317 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           317
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens. SALAZAR, BROUK, GONZALEZ, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MYRIE,
          PERSAUD, RAMOS, WEBB -- read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to requiring anti-
          bias training for every medical student, medical resident  and  physi-
          cian assistant student in the state
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Article 2 of the public health law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new title 3-A to read as follows:
     3                                  TITLE 3-A
     4                             ANTI-BIAS TRAINING
     5  Section 245. Training in bias awareness and elimination practices.
     6    § 245. Training in bias awareness and elimination practices. (a) Every
     7  medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the
     8  state  as part of the orientation programs conducted by medical schools,
     9  medical  residency  programs  and  physician  assistant  programs  shall
    10  complete  course work or training, approved by the department, regarding
    11  awareness of and elimination practices for both  implicit  and  explicit
    12  bias.
    13    (b)  Every  medical  student, medical resident and physician assistant
    14  student in the state  shall  provide  to  the  department  documentation
    15  demonstrating  the  completion  of  and  competence in the coursework or
    16  training required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.
    17    (c) The department shall consult with the state board for medicine and
    18  the division of human rights in developing guidelines for  the  training
    19  required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.
    20    (d)  One  year  after  the effective date of this section and annually
    21  every year thereafter, the department  shall  submit  a  report  to  the
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00644-01-5

        S. 317                              2
 
     1  governor  and the legislature on the implementation and effectiveness of
     2  the training required pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     4  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     5  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     6  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
     7  completed on or before such effective date.
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