STATE OF NEW YORK
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7102--A
Cal. No. 173
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2020
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Introduced by Sens. BENJAMIN, METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --
reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, amended on second report, ordered to a third reading, and to
be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third
reading
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to training for pres-
cribers of certain pain medications
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 3309-a of the
2 public health law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 71 of the
3 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
4 (c) The commissioner, in consultation with the department of education
5 and the office of [alcoholism and substance abuse] addiction services
6 and supports, shall establish standards and review and approve course
7 work or training in pain management, palliative care, and addiction and
8 update such standards and approvals as necessary according to best prac-
9 tices for providing patient centered care with the consideration of
10 social determinants of health and co-occuring disorders and shall
11 publish information related to such standards, course work or training
12 on the department's website.
13 § 2. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 3 of section 3309-a of the public
14 health law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 71 of the laws of
15 2016, is amended to read as follows:
16 (f) Course work or training shall include, but not be limited to:
17 state and federal requirements for prescribing controlled substances;
18 pain management; appropriate prescribing; managing acute pain; pallia-
19 tive medicine; prevention, screening and signs of [addiction] substance
20 use disorder; responses to abuse and addiction; and end of life care.
21 For each licensed person due to re-register pursuant to this subdivision
22 after July first, two thousand twenty-one, such course work or training
23 shall also include techniques that will reduce the likelihood of over-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 dose and other harms related to the use of controlled substances and
2 medications used for the treatment of addiction, including information
3 about becoming a buprenorphine prescriber.
4 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
5 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
6 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
7 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
8 completed by the department of health in consultation with the state
9 education department and the office of addiction services and supports
10 on or before such effective date.