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A10634 Summary:
BILL NO | A10634B |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S08641-A |
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SPONSOR | Rules (McDonald) |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd 6530, 6527 & 7105, rpld 7106 sub 4, Ed L | |
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Relates to instilling mydriatic or cycloplegic eye drops by persons trained and deemed qualified by supervising licensed physicians or supervising licensed optometrists. |
A10634 Actions:
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06/10/2020 | referred to higher education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/24/2020 | amend and recommit to higher education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/24/2020 | print number 10634a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/09/2020 | amend and recommit to higher education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/09/2020 | print number 10634b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/14/2020 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/21/2020 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/21/2020 | rules report cal.274 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/21/2020 | ordered to third reading rules cal.274 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S8641A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | 3RD READING CAL.937 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/22/2020 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09/16/2020 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09/21/2020 | signed chap.180 |
A10634 Committee Votes:
Glick | Aye | Smith | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Englebright | Aye | Garbarino | Aye | ||||||
Cahill | Aye | Ashby | Aye | ||||||
Lifton | Aye | Reilly | Aye | ||||||
Cusick | Aye | Salka | Aye | ||||||
Lupardo | Aye | Walczyk | Aye | ||||||
Stirpe | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
Pichardo | Aye | ||||||||
Simon | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Bichotte | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Epstein | Aye | ||||||||
Griffin | Aye | ||||||||
McMahon | Aye | ||||||||
Buttenschon | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Finch | Excused | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Excused | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Excused | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Aye | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
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A10634 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Solages
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Stec
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Stern
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
ER
Richardson
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Salka
Yes
Williams
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Wright
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
ER
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Byrnes
ER
Finch
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Simon
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Smullen
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A10634 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10634--B IN ASSEMBLY June 10, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. McDonald) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to instilling mydriatic or cycloplegic eye drops by persons trained and deemed qualified by supervising licensed physicians or supervising licensed optometrists; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 25 of section 6530 of the education law, as 2 amended by chapter 517 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 25. [a.] Delegating professional responsibilities to a person when the 5 licensee delegating such responsibilities knows or has reason to know 6 that such person is not qualified, by training, by experience, or by 7 licensure, to perform them. 8 [b. A person shall be deemed qualified to assist a physician licensed9pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of this title in the care of10a patient for the purpose of instilling mydriatic or cycloplegic eye11drops (hereinafter "dilating eye drops") and anesthetic eye drops in12conjunction with such dilating drops to the surface of the eye of a13patient, provided that the person instilling such dilating eye drops and14anesthetic eye drops is under the on-site supervision of a physician15pursuant to such article one hundred thirty-one and such person is over16the age of eighteen, successfully completes a curriculum and examination17approved by the department demonstrating that such person has the requi-18site experience to instill dilating eye drops and anesthetic eye drops19used in conjunction with such dilating eye drops to the surface of the20eye and registers with the department after paying the requisite fee in21accordance with the commissioner's regulations;] 22 § 2. Section 6527 of the education law is amended by adding a new 23 subdivision 9 to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16450-06-0A. 10634--B 2 1 9. (a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect or prevent 2 a person in training or trained and deemed qualified by a supervising 3 licensed physician, to assist the licensed physician in the care of a 4 patient for the purpose of instilling mydriatic or cycloplegic eye drops 5 and anesthetic eye drops in conjunction with such dilating drops to the 6 surface of the eye of a patient, provided that the person instilling 7 such eye drops is: 8 (i) under the on-site supervision of a supervising licensed physician; 9 (ii) at least eighteen years of age; and 10 (iii) complies with standards issued by the department. 11 (b) The supervising licensed physician shall submit a form prescribed 12 by the department detailing the identity of each person instilling 13 mydriatic or cycloplegic eye drops and anesthetic eye drops in conjunc- 14 tion with such dilating drops to the surface of the eye of a patient, 15 under his or her supervision, attesting to compliance with the above 16 requirements. 17 (c) The supervising licensed physician's use of any such person pursu- 18 ant to the terms of this subdivision shall be undertaken with profes- 19 sional judgment in order to ensure the safety and well-being of the 20 patient. Such use shall subject the licensed physician to the full 21 disciplinary and regulatory authority of the office of professional 22 medical conduct and the board of regents. The licensed physician must 23 notify the patient or the patient's designated health care surrogate 24 that the licensed physician may utilize the services of an individual to 25 administer certain eye drops and must provide the patient or the 26 patient's designated health care surrogate the opportunity to refuse the 27 licensed physician's plan to utilize such person. 28 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 7106 of the education law is REPEALED. 29 § 4. Section 7105 of the education law is amended by adding a new 30 subdivision d to read as follows: 31 d. 1. A person in training or appropriately trained and deemed quali- 32 fied by the supervising licensed optometrist, to assist a licensed opto- 33 metrist in the care of a patient for the purpose of instilling mydriatic 34 or cycloplegic eye drops and anesthetic eye drops in conjunction with 35 such dilating drops to the surface of the eye of a patient, provided 36 that the person instilling such eye drops is: 37 (i) under the on-site supervision of a supervising licensed optome- 38 trist; 39 (ii) at least eighteen years of age; and 40 (iii) complies with standards issued by the department. 41 2. The supervising licensed optometrist shall submit a form prescribed 42 by the department, detailing the identity of each person instilling 43 mydriatic or cycloplegic eye drops and anesthetic eye drops in conjunc- 44 tion with such dilating drops to the surface of the eye of a patient, 45 under his or her supervision, attesting to compliance with the above 46 requirements. 47 3. The supervising licensed optometrist's use of any such person 48 pursuant to the terms of this subdivision shall be undertaken with 49 professional judgment in order to ensure the safety and well-being of 50 the patient. Such use shall subject the licensed optometrist to the full 51 disciplinary and regulatory authority of the board of regents and the 52 department pursuant to this title. The licensed optometrist must notify 53 the patient or the patient's designated health care surrogate that the 54 licensed optometrist may utilize the services of an individual to admin- 55 ister certain eye drops and must provide the patient or the patient'sA. 10634--B 3 1 designated health care surrogate the opportunity to refuse the licensed 2 optometrist's plan to utilize such person. 3 § 5. This act shall take effect nine months after it shall have become 4 a law; provided, however, that sections one and three of this act shall 5 take effect on same date and in the same manner as chapter 517 of the 6 laws of 2019 takes effect. Effective immediately the addition, amend- 7 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 8 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 9 completed on or before such date.