STATE OF NEW YORK
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8512
IN ASSEMBLY
January 4, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to physician coursework
or training in nutrition; and to repeal section 264 of the public
health law, relating to physician coursework 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. Section 264 of the public health law, as added by a chapter
2 of the laws of 2023, amending the public health law relating to physi-
3 cian coursework or training in nutrition, as proposed in legislative
4 bills numbers S. 4401-A and A. 5985-A, is REPEALED.
5 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-e to
6 read as follows:
7 § 6505-e. Provision of information related to coursework and training
8 in nutrition. 1. The department, in consultation with the department of
9 health, shall compile a list of continuing medical education courses and
10 training opportunities regarding nutrition, which may include but not be
11 limited to plant-based nutrition, clinically proven methods for the
12 prevention, reversal, and treatment of diet-related illnesses, and
13 informational resources regarding racial disparities in outcomes for
14 diet-related diseases, that are publicly available, and shall distribute
15 such compilation to physicians who are licensed to practice medicine in
16 the state.
17 2. The compiled list shall be made publicly available on the depart-
18 ment's website and on the department of health's website, and shall be
19 updated and redistributed no less frequently than every two years via
20 email.
21 3. In compiling such resources, the department shall consult with
22 organizations representative of professions, and institutions of higher
23 education, and the department of health shall consult with those with
24 expertise in nutrition and the prevention, reversal, and treatment of
25 diet-related illnesses.
26 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
27 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023, amending the public health law
28 relating to physician coursework or training in nutrition, as proposed
29 in legislative bills numbers S. 4401-A and A. 5985-A, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08959-10-4
